Gnostic Wisdom

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...