Gnosis Wisdom

What we Really Are What we really are is an essence or a soul housed in a suit of flesh and bone. Be it an extraordinarily marvellous suit of flesh and bone, none the less even though we have such a suit what we really are is the living intelligent principle that animates, brings and gives life to that suit of flesh and bone. Natural Transformation When we understand that, that what we really are is the essence or the soul, then a very natural and logical transformation occurs within the relationship between our consciousness and our body. A certain gap or separation is produced in that relationship. We are a Soul in a Body Instead of the relationship being of the nature where we are one with the body or where we are the body the relationship is transformed into that of we are the consciousness and we have a body and we really must look after it and use it wisely. The Essence/Soul Must Command A very natural consequence of that transformation in our consciousness b...

A Conscious Work and a Science Dying mystically is a matter of a conscious choice and conscious work. Nonetheless there is a science or a procedure involved. The process of the death of an ‘I’ or a defect may vary between each individual, however that process even though it appears to be different passes through these five very broad stages. An Exception I would just like to say at this moment before we get too far into the topic of the five broad stages of mystical death, that in esotericism, there are always exceptions, and in the case of mystical death there are certainly exceptions. More will be covered regarding this later on in this post, see the section Kabbalistical Barks. Five Broad Stages The five broad stages through which one moves through when working for the death of an ego or ‘I’ are: 1.) Observation. 2.) Separation. 3.) Comprehension. 4.) Repentance. 5.) Elimination. Note, Master Samael made these a little simpler, instead of five st...