Gnostic Wisdom

Introduction In a series of posts, I wish to present to you practical information and steps that will help you to overcome fantasy. Here below is an outline of this, the first presentation on how to overcome fantasy. Definition of Outline Note, an outline is a list of the main points appearing in the post and the order in which from start to finish in which they will appear in the post or presentation. Outline Ÿ 1. Intention of presenting a series of posts on overcoming fantasy. 2. The view or angle upon which fantasy will be viewed. 3. About the author’s efforts in relation to the topic. 4. Outline of the post contents in the series. View Point on Fantasy The angle from which this post will view fantasy is from the point of view of first stopping, diminishing, overcoming and later discarding it all together. From the outset this may seem very harsh and a negative thing to do, but it all depends upon one’s definition of fantasy. Here w...

Being Good Being good is relativity is much better than being bad and at times in our life when the ego is really trying to have its way with us, we yearn more than anything to be good. This is all of course fine, excellent and wonderful and can not be knocked, especially in the times when we are experiencing an intense temptation to do something bad or inconvenient for ourselves or others. However, when we place ourselves in the field of mystical death, being good must be transcended, because as you will experience we can become stagnated in the ‘being good’ level, and that stagnation stops us from dying in more death and it even hinders us from dying completely. It even in fact hinders our inner revolution. Renunciation is Key The key to overcoming this stagnation in the ‘being good’ level or the key to really dying in ourselves is renunciation. We have to give up something, we have to definitely let go of something, and that something could be a concept, a thought, a feel...

Introduction Master Samael says in his book “The Mountain of Juratena” that the three demons together form the lunar foundation of our psychology. Just to expand a little upon what Master Samael says: what I think Master Samael is saying is that the three demons which are the demon of desire, the demon of the mind and the demon of ill-will are the ones that together make up lunar structure and characteristics that our psychology has. We all know from previous posts that our psychology in character esoterically speaking is qualified as Lunar. So then the foundation of our psychology is made up by the three demons. I hope to shed a bit more light on this revelation by Master Samael. Three Demons Control the World Can we be so bold to say that the three demons, that is the demons of: desire, the mind and ill will are the factors that control or are at the base of humanity’s thinking processes? Certainly with all the bad things that happen here on Earth and knowing f...

Introduction This post continues on from the post where the aim was to lay down a skeleton or outline for the next several posts which are to be dedicated to explaining in detail, each characteristic of the Moon that is present in our psychology. The List Continues… The Solar Force Organises The Solar forces organise things, for example planets are organised around the sun and this organisation forms a solar system, which is an entity to itself and has a life as a unique system. Master Samael says that the solar system is like a giant man walking through space. In other words, the Sun organises and centralises and in so doing creates a harmonious system, the Lunar forces on the other hand do not do that and furthermore do not have the power to do that. If we observe the behaviour of Moons, we will see that they do not revolve around other moons, moons are very dependent yet isolated or we could say individualistic and selfish, whereas the sun works in co-operatio...

Introduction The goal of this post is to lay down a skeleton or outline for the next several posts. The plan is to dedicate a post to each characteristic of the Moon that is present in our psychology. The List Changeable The moon as observed from the Earth appears differently each night, i.e. phases of the Moon. Our psychology too constantly changes, where our psychological processes are ruled by constantly changing egos. Cyclical or Recurrent The moon as observed from the Earth, has phases which repeat in a cyclical fashion, i.e. each phase of the moon is reoccurring or recurrent. The ego too is recurrent in manifestation; it grows in intensity and later wanes in intensity etc. Two Sides – Light and Dark As seen from the Earth, only one side of the Moon is only ever visible. There is though the other side of the Moon called the dark side of the Moon that is present but goes unseen by us here on Earth. Our psychology is like that too, in that there is a visible...

Esoteric Qualification The main reason of this post is to say that lunar and solar do not really mean much in the conventional sense. For example the adjectives lunar and solar conventionally mean: “of or to do with the physical Moon” (lunar) and “of or to do with the physical Sun” (solar), such as: lunar rock samples, lunar eclipses, lunar landings, the lunar calendar, solar eclipses, the solar calendar, solar flares and solar panels. The previous posts and future posts that have used the terms lunar and solar were used from the esoteric point of view, that is speaking esoterically, where the terms lunar and solar encompass not only the physical Moon and Sun but all the physical moons and suns, the lunar and solar representations inside the psychology and esoteric (spiritual) constitution or structure of the human being. Conclusion In short, the terms lunar and solar really only take on a deeper and broader meaning when viewed esoterically, instead of just physically. In...

Introduction In this post we are going to look at some of the characteristics of the lunar force and see if we have them inside of ourselves basically in our psychology. We too can have lunar characteristics in our physical and esoteric dimensions or realities but the place that it is more useful and manifest to look into, is in our psychology. Lunar Characteristics – Observation of the Moon In a series of posts that are to follow, I am going to expand upon lunar characteristics that we have within our psychology, and that which can also be seen very clearly among the characteristics of our Moon and the moons of the other planets. Ideal Way of Discerning Lunar Characteristics The ideal way of discerning lunar characteristics would be to examine directly and clearly for oneself the lunar cosmic forces. Even better would be to directly see them in action. However, being very limited in our capacity of just viewing let alone examining cosmic phenomena we have to fir...

Introduction Master Samael and Gurdjieff all affirm that the origin of the ego resides in having been given the kundabuffer organ. Master Samael also says that the kundabufffer organ was an entirely lunar organ, and when it got removed the result was that the consequences of having the kundabuffer organ left its toll on the psyche of those who had it. The consequences of having a lunar organ was what gave rise to the ego. The Ego is Really Lunar Because the kundabuffer organ was lunar its consequences were derived by a lunar force, so at the very least the ego that we have is much more related to the lunar force than the solar force. We can even dare to say that the ego is something lunar. Study the Lunar Characteristics Studying the characteristics of the lunar force will lead us to a better understanding of the ego. Also studying the characteristics of the solar force will help us to understand the more about the ego because studying the solar characteristics is th...

Introduction Master Samael says something so very interesting with respect to this topic, and it is that the lunar forces are needed for every creation. He says that no creation can take place without the intervention of the lunar forces. Especially if we have the understanding, unfortunately a superficial understanding, that the lunar forces are bad, the above statement from Master Samael will come as a surprise or even a shock. Because of this understanding, we will end up being confused, because we will be thinking that if the lunar forces are bad how could they be used in and even needed for creation. Lunar Forces are Support Gestation and Conception We certainly know that human beings, animals, plants etc. all grow with the help of sunlight but their conception and gestation is a different. The conception and gestation of life is something that occurs in darkness without the presence of the sun. Solar Forces are Against Gestation and Conception Master Samael...

Introduction I would like in a series of posts to address the meaning of the terms Lunar and Solar. These two terms appear very often in one’s studies of esotericism and Gnosis, and in fact looking at these terms from a deeper or more profound perspective we find them at the foundation of any esoteric doctrine. As a Gnostic student without conducting an investigation into the meaning of these two terms, one’s understanding can remain superficial and because of this superficial understanding one easily at times gets confused or blank minded when these terms lunar and solar are mentioned in relation to the ego, humanity, human psychology, human beings, cosmic forces etc. etc. Superficial Understanding We typically think that lunar is related to the moon and solar is related to the sun. In esotericism and especially in Gnosis that is true, but only to a certain extent. Sometimes we can understand the terms lunar and solar when they are mentioned in any esoteric or Gnostic t...

Lust Thinks it has the Right The ego or ‘I’ of lust thinks that it has the right to bother another person from what it is that they are doing and try and lure them into an activity that they definitely don’t need and were not intending on. For example a person of the opposite sex walking down a street to the corner deli to buy the newspaper was not thinking in meeting up specifically with you and being lured into something especially if you don’t know that person. This is reality but the ego of lust lives in a different reality and somehow believes that the person in interested in being lured. The ego of lust is really outside of reality and what’s more it thinks that it has the right to go and impose itself on another human being. Lack of Respect The cause of such a ridiculous way of thinking, feeling and acting is a lack of respect for the other person and being outside of reality due to having come to believes that what is shown on TV and the internet is reality. ...