The Secret of Alchemy - (477)

Introduction

This article reveals the secret of Alchemy. Many people through the centuries have looked for this secret and I believe that the sincere seekers somehow found it. However those who wanted to find the secret for the reasons of greed and vanity may have never found it, and instead remained stuck in the literal interpretation of the symbols and text, and as a consequence never penetrated into the real nature of the secret, which has to do with working with the power that gave rise to the human being and is the only power that can legitimately and authentically transform the human being.

The most interesting thing though is that this key even though it was heavily guarded in the past has now been publicly unveiled, and there are good reasons for that, which is covered in this article.

Introduction to the Excerpts

The following three excerpts reveal the key of Alchemy and explain more about the key itself. Please note for Excerpt 3, that Lemuria and Atlantis were very remote ancient civilizations of the planet Earth.

Excerpt 1 – the Secret Secretorum of Alchemy

“In order to create the internal bodies, some artifice is necessary. This artifice is the secret secretorum of ancient Alchemists.

This secret secretorum is the Arcanum A.Z.F., which can be synthesized as follows: “Sexual connection without spilling the semen (without orgasm), without the ejaculation of the Ens Seminis.” This is how the creative energy is transmuted.”

Excerpt from the lecture: “The Arche”, by V.M Samael Aun Weor.

Excerpt 2 – the Secret Secretorum of Alchemy

“48.  All the Initiates who wanted to spread the Great Arcanum prior to me have died.

49. In the Middle Ages, all the Initiates who tried to divulge the Great Arcanum were killed. Some were killed by means of the shirts of Nessus, some were poisoned by perfumed bouquets, some died by the dagger, or by the scaffold.

50. In the ancient Egypt of the Pharaohs, those who intended to divulge the Great Arcanum were sentenced to the death penalty.

51. Their head was cut off, their heart was torn out and their ashes were thrown into the four winds.

52. There exists only one man in life who divulged the Great Arcanum and who did not die.

53. I am that man, I am Samael Aun Weor.”

Excerpt from the book: “A Treatise of Alchemy”, chapter 15 by V.M Samael Aun Weor.

Excerpt 3 – the Secret Secretorum of Alchemy

“CHAPTER 27

THE GREAT ARCANUM

1. When the soldiers of Nebuchadnezzar penetrated into the Sanctum Sanctorum of the Temple of Solomon, they became frightened before the terrible symbol of the Great Arcanum.

2. The two Cherubims of the Ark of Alliance were touching each other with the tip of their wings, and they were in the sexual position of man and woman during copulation.

3. The Babylonians asked the Jews, “Is this your God?”

4. “Is this the purity of your God that you so much preconize?”

5. The Priests of Jerusalem remained silent because this is the terrific secret of the Great Arcanum.

6. The two Cherubims, male and female, performing copulation, represent the essence of all forms, the crude matter of the Great Work, the elemental waters of life, the sexual force of Eden, the Mercury of the Secret Philosophy fertilized by the solar fires.

7. The Great Arcanum is the seventh great Mystery of Creation enclosed within the seventh seal of the Apocalypse (Revelation).

8. The number of this Great Arcanum is 888 (eight hundred and eighty-eight).

9. This is the Reed of Magicians.

10. Every Septenary is reduced to our Spiritual Triad.

11. Together, the medulla and the ganglionic cords have the form of the Caduceus of Mercury, the form of the number eight.

12. With the fifth, sixth, and seventh Initiation of Major Mysteries, the eight is established in the Causal Body (Superior Manas or body of will), the Buddhic body (body of consciousness), and the Atmic Body which is the vehicle of the Intimate.

13. Thus, the 888 is established in our perfect Triad.”

Excerpt from the book: “A Treatise of Alchemy”, chapter 27 by V.M Samael Aun Weor.

Excerpt 4 – the Secret Secretorum of Alchemy

“17. In the Temples of Lemuria, men and women entered into sexual contact in order to reproduce the species, but none of them spilled the semen (reached the orgasm).

18. The divine Hierarchies utilized one sperm in order to fertilize the womb. One sperm easily escapes from the hormonal vessels.

19. There is no need to fornicate to reproduce the species.

20.  Seminal ejaculation is an exclusive property of the animal species, but not of the human species.

21. The human being must make his semen rise through the two ganglionic cords to the chalice (the brain).

22. The Black Magicians were the ones who taught the human being how to ejaculate the semen like the animals.

23. The Black Magicians of the opposite pole of the sanctuary of Vulcan taught the human being Black Sexual Magic. This was their treason to the mysteries of Vulcan.

24. The mysteries of sex are from the Sanctuary of Vulcan.

25. The guardians of that Sanctuary committed the crime of betraying the mysteries when they allowed themselves to be seduced by those brothers of darkness.

26. Black Magicians ejaculate the semen during the acts of negative Sexual Magic.”

Excerpt from the book: “A Treatise of Alchemy”, chapter 27 by V.M Samael Aun Weor.

Conclusion

The key of the Alchemy is one which was heavily guarded, simply because the time to publicly reveal it had not yet arrived. However now, in the times in which we are living the time to reveal it has come. Why? Because humanity is now in a time where it is needed, the level of degeneration now is much greater than ever before and as the practice of Alchemy is one of the most powerful keys to regenerate the human being it is readily available to those who are looking for the chance to regenerate before the general waves of degenerate wash over and submerge completely those who are wanting to find it.

The key is very simple and one, which has certainly in the past been scorned and scoffed at, however as the most important thing in life is one’s own life, the key to total transformation must be to do with the power that brought this life into being, and that power is in sex itself, and in the sexual energy.

After all so many of eh Alchemical drawings show man and woman, or the masculine and feminine principles working together to create or produce something, so many of these drawings have to indicate to us that the art of Alchemy has something to do with the interaction between the two poles of life, that is masculine and feminine or man and woman.

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What is the Purpose of Alchemy? - (476)

Introduction

The reason why one would study and practice Alchemy is two-fold. With one reason being to create and the other reason being to dissolve. As you would have gleamed from the previous post, Alchemy is a work of using the sexual forces of the human being to create and to dissolve. The sexual force has that innate power of being able to create and being able to dissolve.

With the study and practice of the ancient art of Alchemy one comes to be able to create inside of  themselves and to dissolve the false and unnecessary creations that also lie within. The following excerpt from the Venerable Master Samael Aun Weor, who was a tremendous practitioner of the Alchemical arts said in relation to the purpose of Alchemy the following words.

Excerpt 1

“As above, so below. Above, the nebula is needed in order for the worlds to emerge, and in order for this to happen crude matter is needed. The crude matter is the Arche, a mixture of Salt, Sulphur and Mercury.

Here below, within the Microcosm (the human being), it is also necessary to elaborate the nebula with Salt, Sulphur and Mercury. Thus, the existential superior bodies of the Being emerge below, just as the worlds emerge above.

We must make here in small, within the Microcosm (human being), what the Great Architect of the universe made in large in the Macrocosm, because as above, so below. This is how the existential superior bodies of the Being come to emerge.

Hence, it is necessary to create the Arche in ourselves, within ourselves. The Arche is Salt, plus Sulphur and Mercury. As above, so below.

The physical body, as well as the Astral, Mental and Causal bodies crystallize within the Microcosm by creating the Arche. The solar bodies are made with the third Mercury, which is the Arche.”

Excerpt from the lecture: “The Arche”, by V.M Samael Aun Weor.

“The entire secret of the Great Work then consists of knowing how to make Mercury, how to create the Arche, which is the intimate and particular nebula from where our distinct bodies must emerge.”

Excerpt from the lecture: “The Arche”, by V.M Samael Aun Weor.

Commentary on Excerpt 1

The excerpt above is really stating that Alchemy is the means by which a human being can complete an inner creation. It turns out that we as human beings are an incomplete creation, in the sense that inside of ourselves as yet, a mini-universe has not been made. We are part of the universe outside of ourselves but within we lack this creation and organization. Alchemy is the work with the sexual force to complete this inner creation and thus achieve self-realisation.

The next excerpt covers what is it that we create within ourselves through Alchemy.

Excerpt 2

“The book of Genesis is related with the Great Work.

The first day of Genesis corresponds to the work in the Abyss and to the first seal of the Apocalypse.

The second day of Genesis corresponds to the work with the water, the Vital body.

The third day of Genesis corresponds to the Astral body.

The fourth day of Genesis corresponds to the Mental body.

The fifth day corresponds to the Causal body.

The sixth day of Genesis corresponds to the sixth seal of the Apocalypse, to the Buddhic or intuitional body.

Next, the seventh seal, the seventh day of creation is the day of rest.

The work is performed in six days or periods of time. On the seventh day there is rest and on the eighth day the resurrection of the Lord is achieved.

Therefore, the books of Genesis and Apocalypse complement each other.”

Excerpt from the lecture: “The Arche”, by V.M Samael Aun Weor.

Commentary on Excerpt 2

It is quite clear then that with Alchemy what is created within us are the inner bodies or what are called the superior existential bodies of the Being. Which means it is these internal bodies that allow us to manifest in a dimension of nature that is made up of the same material as the body. For example, with a mental body we can move, express and manifest ourselves in the Mental dimension of nature. This can not be done with the physical body as it is now here in the physical dimension. When we create a body we gain access to that dimension within ourselves and we work to acquire the dominion of ourselves in that dimension.

The following excerpt shows us what the practice Alchemy dissolves within us.

Excerpt 3

“Reference is made to Man in an Anahuac codex, which states:

“The Gods created men from wood and after having created them, they fused them with the Divinity.”

However, not all humans achieve the fusion with Divinity.

Obviously, Man (the human being) who is fused with Divinity is the Super-Man.

The majority of Initiates succeed in converting themselves into true Men, but they do not reach the state of Super-Men.

In order for oneself to become a true Man, the creation of the solar bodies is necessary. Many Initiates succeed in creating the bodies and they naturally receive their superior, animated, spiritual principles, that is to say, they have transformed themselves into legitimate Men, into authentic humans.

However, we must emphasize that despite being authentic humans, they have not eliminated the Dry-Mercury (ego), nor the Arsenic-Sulphur (passional fire).

What then happens? These Initiates do not always perfect their bodies. They do not succeed in making their bodies of pure Gold. They only succeed in creating them, however, they do not succeed in transmuting their bodies into Gold of the finest quality.

Therefore, these Initiates remain as Hanasmussen. They are Hanasmussen because in reality they have not eliminated the ego. Such human examples are failures.”

Excerpt from the lecture: “The Arche”, by V.M Samael Aun Weor.

Commentary on Excerpt 3

We need then to dissolve the false and wrong creations that we have within our psyche. These are the vile metals or the dry mercury and the arsenified sulphur. We must use the Alchemy or the sexual force to create, however if we do not use the same sexual force to dissolve, the work of completing our creation will fail.

Conclusion

In conclusion, the reasons for studying and practicing Alchemy are summarised very neatly in the Alchemical Latin expression “Solve et Coagula”. Which literally means to dissolve and to coagulate, or in other words to dissolve the false creations and build the new, authentic and real creations, so that the Divinity that we have within us can reside in us here and now in the physical world.

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What Is Alchemy? - (475)

Introduction

Alchemy can be defined in a few different way. One way is to define Alchemy is by using the semantics of the word itself. The word Alchemy is sometimes considered to be an acronym and sometimes considered to be a two part word. Nevertheless both versions when broken down give an adequate definition of Alchemy. These two breakdowns are given below.

Alchemy – Composite Word

“Al (as a connotation of the Arabic word Allah: al-, the +ilah, God) means “The God”. Also Al (Hebrew) for highest” or El “God”. Chem or Khem is from kimia (Greek) which means “to fuse or cast a metal”. Also from Khem, the ancient name for Egypt. The synthesis is Al-Kima: “to fuse with the highest” or “to fuse with God.”

Excerpt from the glossary of the book: “The Mystery of the Golden Blossom”, by V.M Samael Aun Weor, published by Glorian, 2010.

An Art

“Instead of dealing with chemistry, occultism, and religion as distinct and separate subjects, alchemy has definitely taught the unity of all Life and Manifestation. It has attempted, and I think successfully, to correlate chemistry, occultism, religion, astrology, magic, and mythology, and to present them all as parts of the One Manifestation. It has attempted also to show that as the health and well-being of the body are as necessary to true religion as true religion is necessary to a healthy and balanced body, so occultism, elucidating as it does the unseen aspects of man, is necessary to both. By true religion, of course, I mean, not the dogmatic teaching of any one church or sect, but the Law of Life and Living; and by occultism, the manifestation of Powers working through and with Man to his ultimate perfection.”

Alchemy as a study is a science and when applied practically it is a work (Great work) and an art. The work of transmuting the base metals of the personality into the gold of the spirit is in its own right, a proper art. One has to know how to do this work properly, making it an art.

Summary

As the above excerpts indicate Alchemy is a spiritual art, science and work, whose fundamental aim is the transformation of the human being into a state that will allow the fusion with the interior Divinity.

As a study, Alchemy is very interesting as it combines in one: chemistry, mysticism, mythology, esotericism and astrology. This interweaving produces a very interesting and special study, which turns out to be the science of esoteric/spiritual development.

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Posts on Alchemy - (474)

Proposal

I am going to post a series of 13 posts covering some of the commonly asked questions about the Alchemy as well as some of the essential Gnostic Teachings concerning the Alchemy.

These posts have been provided in the hope that they will shine light on that very esoteric, interesting, practical and mysterious art called Alchemy.

List of Posts

475        What is Alchemy?

476        What is the Purpose of Alchemy?

477        The Secret of Alchemy

478        The Language of Alchemy

479        Mercury

480        Sulphur

481        Salt

482        Hermetic Glass and Transmutation

483        The Four Colours of Alchemy

484        The Sacred Fire or Kundalini

485        Alchemical Gold

486        The Practice of Alchemy

487        The Vile Metals and the Arsenified Sulphur

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Two Types of Self-Love - (473)

An Observation

I always travel to see my friends and as I am approaching their house I usually always feel great. One day I observed that I feel great visiting them because I had the thought that because they like me and look forward to seeing me I feel great. I observed further and saw that that feeling great is me feeling good about myself, in other words me liking myself. It happened that things didn’t go so smoothly one day and my friends were not so happy with me and then the next day going to see them I felt awful. I went inside myself looking for an answer and I found to my surprise that I was feeling bad about myself because they were I thought thinking and feeling negatively towards me.

Now really to my surprise I started to counteract that, because it was a very nervous type of feeling that was very unpleasant. I thought to myself well this time round I havn’t done anything wrong, my friends just didn’t like what I did or said and so why can’t me myself feel ok about myself. So then I began to bring up reasons as to why I can feel good about myself. This actually helped me to feel better. I know it sounds pretty silly but I have to be honest and say that it helped and counteracted that strong negative emotion. It showed me that we must generate love for ourselves and not depend on others for it.

Conclusion

Recently I learnt that the opposite of these negative feelings towards oneself is the love for the Being. In a way we are the Being but just derived so there are two types of self-love.

There is the type of love for ourselves, which is relative and uses others outside of ourselves as a reference and generating point. Then there is the self-love which comes from inside of ourselves. This, the latter type of self-love is the one which is positive and is the right one, and is the one which we need to cultivate and possess.

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Blue Earth and the Start of Life - (472)

Blue Earth

The Earth is blue because of all the water on its surface. From outer space the Earth appears to look like a blue and white marble with its blue colour owing to its large ocean that covers about 71% of its entire surface area.

Certainly water is the most important element on this planet, because about 2/3 of it is water and it is stated that 97% of all the life forms of the planet are found in its waters.

Today scientists say that there about 10 million species of creatures dwelling in the Earth’s oceans that are yet to be discovered.

Start of Life

It is also stated that all life or living matter emerged from the ocean. Making the Earth’s oceans like a Mother or a womb. In fact the fluid or liquids (waters) inside a mother’s womb while the unborn child is gestating are salty just like the ocean.

Even as Master Samael says the continents emerge from the salty ocean. The oceans are salty because of the Alchemy of creation, where salt, mercury and sulphur are needed according to Alchemy to forge any creation. Therefore the Earth’s oceans contain both the salt and the Mercury and the Divinity provides the Sulphur the Spirit.

Oceans

The largest ocean is the Pacific, which covers an area greater than all of the Earth’s land masses put together. Its deepest point is 10900 metres below sea level, in a location called the Marianna’s trench.

The Atlantic Ocean is the one used the most by the world’s ships. It is also the most salty and is the ocean which provides most of the world’s seafood.

The Indian Ocean is the Earth’s third greatest ocean, with it lying mainly below or south of the equator. The Indian Ocean contains the most islands more than any other ocean.

The Arctic Ocean is the smallest ocean and is located in the very north of the planet with most of its surface being frozen.

Conclusion

The Oceans are precious they are our Mother, they are full of life, they are the origin of life, they contain immense amounts of prana and they united as one Ocean are our Mother can therefore manifest things for us in life. This is a bit of a clue if you are wanting something here in the physical world.

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What Is the Number of the Absolute? - (471)

Introduction

As a brief answer the number of the Absolute is 13, named after the thirteenth aeon. This article using various excerpts will explain why the Absolute’s number is 13.

The main reason being that the Absolute encompasses all and the number thirteen as you will see through the excerpts presented in this article, also contains everything.

Excerpt 1

“The Ten Sephiroths or emanations, plus the AIN SOPH AUR and the AIN SOPH are, in reality, the Twelve Aeons.

The Twelve Aeons are, in reality, Twelve Regions.

The Thirteenth Aeon is terribly Divine.”

Excerpt from the book: “Pistis Sophia Unveiled”, Chapter 28 by V.M Samael Aun Weor.

Excerpt 2

“The Thirteenth Aeon reminds us of the Thirteen Heavens of the Aztecs or Nahuas from ancient Mexico.

There also exists Thirteen Katuns among the Mayas of Yucatan, Palenque, and Central America in general.

These are the Thirteen prophetic Katuns, Thirteen periods of time for each human race.

Obviously, the prophecies for each one of the past Katuns of our Arian race were exactly fulfilled.

Actually, we are approaching the Thirteenth Katun.

The Mayas say that between the years 2040 and 2043, the Thirteenth Katun will enter into activity.

The great catastrophe that will destroy the actual Humanity that lives in the five continents of the world will occur during the Thirteenth Katun.

Our Solar System has n worlds, which are as follows: Earth, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Vulcan, Persephone and Clarion.

The Thirteen Katuns, the Thirteen Worlds, the Thirteen Heavens of Anahuac keep the relation with the Thirteen Sephiroths of the Hebraic Kabbala as follows:

                Ain, Ain Soph, Ain Soph Aur.

                Kether, Chokmah, Binah, Chesed, Geburah, Tiphereth, Netzach, Hod, Jesod, Malkuth.

These are the Thirteen Aeons or Suprasensible Atomic Regions, which are mutually penetrating and co-penetrating without being confused.

Beyond these Thirteen Aeons, is the Unmanifested Absolute.”

Excerpt from the book: “Pistis Sophia Unveiled”, Chapter 29 by V.M Samael Aun Weor.

Excerpt 3

“The Gnostics divide the Universe into thirteen Aeons. An Aeon is a dimension; a dimension that contains its own space, time and matter, therefore there are thirteen Aeons. So that we can understand this better, they divide those thirteen Aeons into a First Space and a Second Space.

The First Space is where the thirteenth Aeon is found. The Second Space is where the rest of the Aeons are contained, which are the twelfth, eleventh, tenth, ninth, eighth, seventh, sixth, fifth, fourth, third, second and first. Second Space is from top to bottom, from twelve to one. Therefore the thirteenth Aeon is found in the First Space, and the rest of the Aeons are in the Second Space.

These two spaces are important, and we should not confuse them with the Ain, Ain Soph and Ain Soph Aur of the Kabalah, the three circles of the Absolute. Let us leave this aside for a moment, because they are two different subject matters, although it is true that the First Space, where the thirteenth Aeon is, directly connects to the Kabalistic Ain, that is certain, but we are not trying to place the rest in the other circles of the Absolute now, mainly not to confuse the student. We can certainly establish a relationship, but we prefer not to do this here so to study this completely separately.

I repeat, First Space, Thirteenth Aeon; Second Space, the rest of the Aeons. Beyond Second Space, where Aeons twelve to one are, is found what is called the abyss, hell.”

Excerpt from the document: “Pistis Sophia”, by Rafael Vargas.

Excerpt 4

“Thirteen is a very complete and representative number, in that it is the universe, personal and external, as a single universe. If we understand this and above all if we draw it on the blackboard, the student begins to put it into context. It will seem like all of this is external to him, but we tell him, it is not external to you, it is part of you.

It could be said that the thirteen Aeons within us are all the intimate aspects of the human being. Let us begin with number one which is the physical aspect; two, the vital aspect; three, the astral; four, the mental; five, the Human Soul where will is also contained; six the Buddhic Body or Geburah; seven, the Intimate, Chesed; eight, the Holy Spirit; nine, the Christ; ten, the Elder of the Days. Towards within, the third circle, the second circle and first circle of the Absolute. All of this forms part of each one of us. The physical energy, the etheric energy, the astral or emotional energy, the mental energy, the energy of will, the energy of the consciousness, the energy of Pure Spirit which is a high frequency, and the energy divided into three parts which is the Trinity; Father, Son and Holy Spirit. All of this is contained within a human being, but furthermore it is contained within a tree, because a tree is physical, etheric, astral, mental, it has will, consciousness, spirit, and so on. Everything that exists, exists in thirteen ways, in thirteen vibrations, thirteen levels of matter and Spirit. Therefore this is directly connected to our psychology, our physical and energetic behaviour. Energy is moved by our character, our way of being, sometimes with serenity and sweetness, other times with wrath and violence; emotional energies, energies of thoughts, of preoccupations, or on the contrary, of positive imagination. The energy of ill will, the energy of good will, the will of the Father, and so forth in a scale of thirteen values, which correspond not only with the dimensions but also with aspects of our own psychology, soul and spirit.”

Excerpt from the document: “Pistis Sophia”, by Rafael Vargas.

Conclusion

Thirteen is indeed a very mysterious and magical number and as the excerpts in this article suggest it is a very complete number, because in it, is contained the whole of the universe outside of ourselves and also inside of ourselves.

The excerpts show how the number thirteen has set up creation and also governs creation. The thirteen Katuns, the thirteen planets and the twelve dimensions plus the Ain really map out all of creation, and furthermore as above below, we also have the thirteen working inside of us, that is in our Being.

So as the Absolute encompasses all of creation and the all of creation is the number 13, then a number for the Absolute is 13.

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Is the Absolute just Infinite Space - (470)

Introduction

When trying to understand what the Absolute is, we often think of it as being related to space, however this is not completely true. We tend to think that the Absolute is the sum of all the deep black space that all the planets, stars, suns and moons are suspended in. However, the Absolute Master Samael says is not that deep dark space that we see up in the sky at night but rather an abstract form of space. The following excerpt from Master Samael expounds upon this.

Excerpt

“The Abstract Absolute Space is the causa causorum of everything that is, has been, and shall be. The profound and joyful space is certainly the incomprehensible “Seity,” which is the ineffable, mystical root of the seven cosmos. It is the mysterious origin of all that we know as Spirit, matter, universes, suns, worlds, etc.

“That,” which is divine, the space of happiness, is the tremendous reality beyond the universe and Gods. “That” has no dimension, yet indeed, it is what its, what always has been, and what always will be. It is the life that intensely palpitates within each atom and within each sun.

Let us now refer to the great ocean of the Spirit: how can we define it?

Certainly, He is Brahma, who is the first differentiation or modification of “That.” The Gods and humans tremble when before “That.”

Is “That” Spirit? Indeed I tell you that it is not. Is “That” matter? Truly, I tell you that it is not.

“That” is the root of the Spirit and of matter, yet it is neither Spirit nor matter.

“That” transcends the laws of number, measurement, and weight, it transcends surface area, quantity, quality, front, behind, above, below, etc.

“That” has reality beyond thought, word, and action. “That” is not of time and it is beyond silence and sound, even beyond the ears to perceive it. “That” is the immutable within a profound, divine abstraction. It is light that has never been created by any God, nor by any human. “That” is what has no name.

Brahma is Spirit; yet “That” is not Spirit. The Absolute, the Unmanifested One, is uncreated light.

Where was the raw matter of the Great Work? It is evident that it was reposing before the down of creation within the profound bosom of the Abstract Absolute Space. Indeed, the primordial mater becomes like the soul of the Unique One, the living noumenon of any substance. It is an undifferentiated Cosmic Matter. Ancient wisdom states that when the Great Night (which is what the Hindus call Pralaya or dissolution of the universe) arrives, then Brahma, the Father, the Ocean of the Universal Sprit of Life, submerges Himself within the Absolute Abstract Space for seven eternities.

The seven eternities signify “Æva” or totally defined, clear, and precise periods of time.”

Excerpt from the book: “Tarot and Kabbalah”, Chapter 50 by V.M Samael Aun Weor.

Conclusion

So then the Absolute is not space as we know, certainly not three dimensional space or that vast blackness that we see when we look into the night sky. Nor is it four, five, six or seven dimensional space. It is abstract space. A kind of space that does not exist in creation yet exists in some other way. And that other way is not known to us, it is not in our, mind nor in the mind of the Gods or angels but in another way. Sorry to have to leave you with an open ended conclusion, though we can conclude here that the Absolute is not space as we know it or understand it to be, and the reason why that is, is because the space that we know and conceive belongs to creation.

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Is the Absolute Chaos? - (469)

Introduction

This is an interesting question to the human being, one that when we search inside ourselves for an answer we find that we can accept that the Absolute has something to do with chaos because it is the origin of everything, yet something in us does not like that it is chaos, because chaos implies disorder and randomness and an absence of intelligence.

This excerpt from V.M Samael Aun Weor nicely clears this up for us.

Excerpt

“The Cosmos comes from Chaos and from the darkness springs forth the Light; let us pray profoundly.

In all of the sacred books of the world it is written with words of fire that the Chaos is the seedbed of the Cosmos.

The Nothing, Chaos, is clearly, without the slightest doubt, Alpha and Omega, the beginning and end of all worlds which live and palpitate in the unalterable infinite.

In the Brahmin Aitareya, the magistral and precious lesson of the Rig Veda, the tremendous similarity between those enlightened ideas of the Brahmin and those of the Pythagoreans is clearly demonstrated time and again because the one, as the other, is based in mathematics. In the abovementioned Hindu work the Black Fire, Dark Abstract Wisdom, Absolute Light, unconditioned and without name is frequently alluded to.

That Abstract Seity, the primitive Zero-Aster of the Parsis, the Nothing saturated with life, That. That. That...

God Himself, that is to say, the Army of the Voice, the Verb, the Great Word, is dead when the Great Pralaya, the Cosmic Night comes; and is reborn, most divine at the dawn of the divine Mahamanvantara.

The Absolute Radical Zero of transcendental arithmetic, abstract space in geometry, the unknowable Seity (not to be confused with the Deity, which is different), is not born, nor dies, nor reincarnates.

From all that unknowable, or Radical Zero, emanates at the beginning of any sidereal universe, the Pythagorean Monad, the Gnostic Father-Mother, the Hindu Purusha-Prakriti, the Egyptian Osiris-Isis, the kabalistic Dual Protocosmos or Adam-Kadmon, the Theos-Chaos of the theogony of Hesiod, the Chaldean Uranus, or Fire and Water, the Semite lod-Heve, the Parsi Zeru-Ama the One and Only, the Buddhist Aunadad Ad, the Rauch Elohim or Divine Spirit of the Lord floating above the waters of the first moment of Genesis.”

Excerpt from the book: “Tarot and Kabbalah”, Chapter 51 by V.M Samael Aun Weor.

Conclusion

The real key to it all is in the words “seedbed of the Cosmos”. Because in the seed is enclosed all the powers and intelligence for creation to burst forth. Creation is just the unfolding of the principles and powers latent in the seed. The Absolute is not creation and so it must be the seed or contain the seeds of creation, and enclosed in those seeds is order, intelligence and the great powers of life.

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Is the Absolute Light Or Darkness?- (468)

Introduction

Having read the previous articles one may come to the conclusion that the Absolute is darkness. However, as the following excerpt indicates to us, darkness and light are very relative. In some ways, yes the Absolute is darkness but in many other ways it is light.

Excerpt

“Darkness is in itself Father-Mother; the Light, their Son so says ancient wisdom.

Clearly, the Uncreated Light has an unknown origin, absolutely unknown to us.

We are in no manner exaggerating if we put emphasis on the idea that such origin is Darkness.

We may speak now of the borrowed, cosmic, secondary light; obviously whatever its origin, and beautiful though it may be, it has at root, a transitory nature, illusory, of Maya.

The ineffable Profound Darkness forms then the Eternal Womb, within which the origins of the light appear and disappear.

It is said that the Absolute is darkness, from the darkness comes the light. The Uncreated Light of the Absolute comes from the profound darkness of the Great Night; from that darkness which does not have light springs forth the Uncreated Light. If we were to place ourselves there we would see nothing more than an abyss and profound darkness. For the inhabitants of the Absolute (the Parama rthasattyas) however, that darkness is Uncreated Light, made neither by man nor by God, where reigns inexhaustible happiness, inconceivable joy.

There exist tremendous geniuses of evil like Belial, Bael, Moloch, etc., terrible Masters.

Knowing that the light comes from the darkness, they hurled themselves to the Abyss, even though knowing that they would involute. From the Abyss comes the Light, due to this we must descend to the darkness to destroy the “I”, Satan, so as to extract the light from the darkness.

By means of the fire the Gods arise from the Abyss and become lost in the Absolute.

Light and darkness are phenomena of the same Noumenon, unknown, profound, inconceivable to reason.

That we may more or less perceive the light which shines in the darkness is something which depends upon our power of spiritual vision. The Absolute is profound darkness to the human eye; and Uncreated and terrible Light to the ineffable hierarchy of the Paramarthasattyas.

“That which for us is light, is darkness to certain insects; and the spiritual eye sees illumination where the normal eye only perceives darkness...”

The universe submerged in the Pralaya after the Mahamanvantara, dissolved in its primordial element, has no choice other than to rest in the profound darkness of infinite space.

It is urgent to understand deeply the profound mystery of the chaotic darkness.

The Cosmos comes from Chaos and from the darkness springs forth the Light; let us pray profoundly.

In all of the sacred books of the world it is written with words of fire that the Chaos is the seedbed of the Cosmos.”

Excerpt from the book: “Tarot and Kabbalah”, Chapter 51 by V.M Samael Aun Weor.

Conclusion

The Absolute is only darkness to our mind, but to our consciousness and spirit it is not. The light comes from the darkness, this is certainly true, even within us, within our particular universe. When we have the unknown in us, that is in our psychology and inner constitution and we shed the light of our awareness on it, it becomes known and darkness is transformed into light. When we concentrate and carefully observe that which has come to be known, the known is converted into comprehension and then the light renews itself and spreads, fulfilling the principle that light makes light and more light, never can light make darkness but from darkness can come light.

Essentially, darkness is the absence of light, and we can not have darkness if we do not have light. So then the uncreated light is the light that has not entered into creation, and in creation is there is certainly light and darkness, however in the Absolute which is beyond duality there must only be the uncreated light. Where there is only one thing there can not be the opposite, so in the Absolute there can only be uncreated light, which to the consciousness is light, but to our mind it is darkness.

There is also a superior type of darkness and this is what the Absolute is. This superior type of darkness is the darkness of what we do not know. In itself it is light but for us it is darkness because our light can not extended or penetrate deep enough for us to be able to perceive it. The darkness of the Absolute is certainly not the darkness of hell or of evil, but of a superior kind – that is more the darkness of the unknown.

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What is it Like Inside the Absolute - (467)

Introduction

One of the most common questions on our mind is what is it like inside of the Absolute? If we are one day going to leave the existence that we have now and enter the Absolute, “what will it be like inside the Absolute?” becomes a very important question.

The answer to this question is not as many would expect. The important thing to take into account is that the day when we enter the Absolute we will not be in the same state of consciousness as we are in now. We will enter as pure consciousness without mind, and obviously we will be very prepared for that entrance.

Here below is an excerpt explaining what it would be like to enter the Absolute as we are now.

Answer

“If we were to place ourselves there we would see nothing more than an abyss and profound darkness. For the inhabitants of the Absolute (the Paramarthasattyas) however, that darkness is Uncreated Light, made neither by man nor by God, where reigns inexhaustible happiness, inconceivable joy.”

Excerpt from the book: “Tarot and Kabbalah”, Chapter 51 by V.M Samael Aun Weor.

Conclusion

So right now as we are, the absolute would be terrifying (just so dark) but with preparation and the consciousness it would be inexhaustible happiness and inconceivable joy.

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When Creation Ends, It Returns to the Absolute - (466)

Introduction

This, for someone new to the esoteric teachings is something amazing. To hear that creation actually ends and that it has ended before. This really mystifies the student. However, it is opens one up to the greater picture of life and creation. It shows us our very greater destiny or future.

Excerpt

“When the profound night of the creators of this Solar System comes, they will be absorbed in the bosom of the Absolute. A group of moons will remain; the planets, the Sun, the Earth, and life will have disappeared along with the virginal sparks. To each of us corresponds a virginal spark, to each living creature there corresponds a virginal spark, and these will be absorbed in the Absolute for 7 Eternities.

If we observe Selene (our Moon) we will see that it is a cadaver. It had a rich life, seas and volcanoes. There are other moons which orbit around Mars, Saturn, etc., which once had life. In the past Mahamanvantara which was a Padma, or Golden Lotus, the Moon had a humanity, seven races, and died.

Before the dawn of the Mahamanvantara, the universe slept in terrible darkness.

At the beginning or dawn of each universe, the eternal Black Light, or Absolute Darkness becomes Chaos.”

Excerpt from the book: “Tarot and Kabbalah”, Chapter 51 by V.M Samael Aun Weor.

Conclusion

We can only conclude after reading this short excerpt that our current will end and be absorbed by the Absolute once again. Creation has been absorbed before and will continue being absorbed. How many times has creation been absorbed before? A question that I think only the most Ancient of Gods with the most ancient of memories can answer.

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Ain Soph Aur - (465)

Introduction

This article provides an excerpt by the V.M Samael Aun Weor describing the third inner (outermost) most aspect of the Absolute, Ain Soph. The essential characteristic of this aspect of the Absolute is that it is already the first order of creation. It is a very spiritual order or level of creation which has also been called the Sacred Solar Absolute. Because within it are all the spiritual suns that by their link to the source of all life within the Absolute, irradiate the life force and vitality to the orders of creation that they govern.

Excerpt

“Each universe of infinite space possesses its own Central Sun, and the sum of all these Spiritual Suns constitutes Ain Soph Aur, the Protocosmos, the Solar Absolute.

The Solar Absolute is formed of multiple transcendental, divine Spiritual Suns.

The emanation of our “Omnimerciful and Sacred Solar Absolute” is that which Helen P. Blavatsky calls “The Great Breath” to itself, profoundly unknown...

Much has been spoken about the Sacred Absolute Sun, and obviously, every solar system is governed by one of these Spiritual Suns. They are really extraordinary sparkling Spiritual Suns having infinite splendour in space. They are radiant spheres which are never able to be perceived by the astronomers with their telescopes.

This means that our system of worlds has its own Sacred Absolute Sun, the same as all of the other solar systems in unalterable space.

The Protocosmos, or first cosmos is infinitely divine, ineffable. In it there does not exist any mechanical principle, it is governed by the One Law. If we reflect profoundly about the Solar Absolute, we will see that there exists beyond, the most complete freedom, absolute happiness, because everything is governed by the One Law.

Unquestionably, in the Sacred Solar Absolute, in the central Spiritual Sun of this system in which we live, move, and have our Being, there exists no mechanicity whatsoever, and therefore it is obvious that there reigns there the most complete blessedness.

Obviously in the central Spiritual Sun governed by the One Law, there exists the unchangeable happiness of the Eternal Living God. Unfortunately, as we distance ourselves more and more from the Sacred Absolute Sun, we enter more and more complicated worlds where automatism, mechanicity and pain enters into things.

Obviously in the second cosmos of three Laws, the Ayocosmos (planets, suns, firmaments), the joy is incomparable because materialism is less. Any atom in that region possesses in its internal nature only three atoms of the Absolute.

How different is the third cosmos, the Macrocosmos (our Galaxy, the Milky Way), governed by six Laws. Here materialism increases because any one of its atoms possesses internally, six atoms of the Absolute.

We penetrate the fourth cosmos, the Deuterocosmos (our solar system) governed by twelve Laws. Here we find that matter is much denser due to the concrete fact that any one of its atoms contains twelve atoms of the Absolute.

If we carefully examine the fifth cosmos, the Mesocosmos (the planet Earth) governed by twenty four Laws, we will see that any one of its atoms possesses in its intimate nature, twenty four atoms of the Absolute.

We may study in detail the sixth cosmos, the Microcosmos (man) governed by forty eight Laws, and we will find that in any atom of the human organism, perceived by means of Divine Clairvoyance, there are forty eight atoms of the Absolute.

We may go a little lower and we will enter the realm of the most crude materialism, the seventh cosmos, the Tritocosmos, the infernal worlds beneath the crust of the planet in which we live, which is governed by ninety six Laws. We will discover that in the first infradimensional zone the density has increased frightfully because in its intimate nature, there are ninety six atoms of the Absolute.

In the second infernal zone each atom possesses one hundred and ninety two atoms of the Absolute. In the third zone, each atom possesses in its interior three hundred and eighty four atoms of the Absolute, etc., etc., etc., the materialism thus increasing in a frightening and terrifying manner.

Upon submerging ourselves within Laws which are more and more complex, we obviously progressively make ourselves more and more independent of the Will of the Absolute and we fall into the mechanical complication of this great Nature. If we wish to reconquer freedom, we must free ourselves of such mechanicity and such Laws and return to the Father.

Ostensibly, we must struggle in a tireless manner to liberate ourselves from the 48, 24, 12, 6 and 3 Laws in order to really return to the Sacred Absolute Sun of our system.”

Excerpt from the book: “Tarot and Kabbalah”, Chapter 52 by V.M Samael Aun Weor.

Conclusion

Quite a large excerpt was provided here, however it was done to impress upon you the reader the point that the Ain Soph Aur is both an order of creation and a part of the Absolute, which is entirely spiritual. We most certainly would not be able to see it with any telescope. However it is there and in it is our sacred Absolute Sun that guides and supplies our Solar system with the life force and light that it needs to maintain itself and evolve in creation.

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Ain Soph - (464)

Introduction

This article provides an excerpt by the V.M Samael Aun Weor describing the second inner most aspect of the Absolute, Ain Soph. The essential characteristic of this aspect of the Absolute is that from it emanates creation, and to it also withdraws creation. We may as V.M Samael says find the origin of our very Being there. That is our very spiritual origin lies there.

Excerpt

“All creation emanates from Ain Soph, but creation is not equal either in essence or in power to Ain Soph. Ain Soph, through its divine, uncreated Light radiates from itself an intelligence, a power, which although it originally partook of the perfection and boundlessness of its Credo in having derived from Him, has a finite aspect. The Kabalah calls this first spiritual emanation of Ain Soph the ineffable Ancient of Days, which is the Being of our Being; the Father and Mother in us.

Ain Soph, not being able to express in the limited physical plane, ex presses by means of its “Ten Sephiroth”.

In Ain Soph there exists a strange evolution which neither the Gods nor men know.

Beyond the Intimus is the Logos, or Christ. Beyond the ineffable Ancient of Days is Ain Soph or the Absolute. Its exhalation is called the Cosmic Day (Mahamanvantara), the inhalation, Cosmic Night (Great Pralaya).

During the Cosmic Night the universe disintegrates in Ain Soph, and only exists in its mind and in that of its Gods. That, however, which exists in the mind of Him, and in the mind of Them, is objective in Absolute Abstract Space.

Before the blazing heart of the Solar System of Ors in which we live, move and have our Being began to intensely palpitate after the Great Pralaya, time did not exist, but lay sleeping within the profound bosom of Absolute Abstract Space.

If, at the end of the Mahamanvantara, the seven basic dimensions of the universe are reduced to a simple mathematical point, which becomes lost like a drop in the great Ocean, it is clear that then time ceases to exist.

Worlds like men, animals and plants are born, grow, age and die. All which breathes beneath the sun has a defined time.

Ancient wisdom says that Brahama, the Father, the Ocean of the Universal Spirit of Life, upon the arrival of the Great Night (that which the Hindu call Pralaya, or the dissolution of the universe) submerges Himself within Absolute Abstract Space for 7 Eternities.

The 7 Eternities signify “Æva”, or periods of time which are totally defined, clear and precise.”

Excerpt from the book: “Tarot and Kabbalah”, Chapter 51 by V.M Samael Aun Weor.

Conclusion

When creation ceases we will all withdraw to the Ain Soph, where creation will only exist in the memory of those who lived in it and those who witnessed it. We have a very spiritual part of ourselves dwelling in that aspect of the absolute here and now. How eventual goal is to find it one day, and to know it and to fuse with it.

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