It was the Tibetan Lama and author Tuesday Lobsang Rampa
that used the term ‘silver cord’ to refer to the special cord that links our
essence to our physical body.
Conclusion
He says in his book: “The Third Eye” that he took the term
from the bible as given below:
At the moment of
death, the cord joining the physical and spirit bodies (the “Silver Cord” of
the Christian Bible) thins and parts, and the spirit drifts off. Death has then
taken place. But birth into a new life, for the “cord” is similar to the
umbilical cord which is severed to launch a new-born baby to a separate
existence. At the moment of death the Glow of Lifeforce is extinguished from
the head. This Glow also can be seen by a clairvoyant, and in the Christian
Bible is referred to as “The Golden Bowl”. Not being a Christian I am not
familiar with the Book, but I believe there is a reference to “Lest the Silver
Cord be severed, and the Golden Bowl be shattered”.
Here is the exact reference from the bible where he took the
term ‘silver cord’ from.
"Remember Him
before the silver cord is broken, and the golden bowl is crushed, the pitcher
by the well is shattered, and the wheel at the cistern is crushed; then the
dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who
gave it."
~Ecclesiastes
12:6-12:7
Conclusion
Tuesday Lobsang Rampa introduced this term when writing and
teaching to the West so that it would be familiar and more readily accepted by
the West.
End (2752).
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