Karma – Beyond the Veil of Negative Existence and the Process of Rebirth
What’s portrayed in Esoteric texts as the “Veil of Negative Existence” can be a very elusive idea in the most basic sense because it deals with another realm of life on a higher plane of existence that’s hidden, and therefore unknown to us while living in this realm. Yet,...
The Nature of our “Self” as Our State of Mind, and How We Create Our Reality
As humans, we’re always locked into a very fundamental paradox due to the fact that we have what you might think of as two different natures or aspects of ourselves, which, when left to operate in a purely unconscious and natural way, tend to contrast and seemingly contradict each...
Symbols are Living Entities on the Inner Planes that Produce Corresponding Realities in the Outer World
If we hold a symbol of some kind in our mind and concentrate on it in a single-minded fashion, while also setting an intention to penetrate its deepest secrets, our attention serves to activate it, causing it to come alive and start unfolding as a kind of evolutionary flow...
Self-Love: The Conditional, Unconditional, and Universal Love for Others
The idea of what it means to love yourself can often seem confusing, because the very concept of self is used in a vague manner without being accompanied by a description of the principles involved. What is typically called the self, is a creation as a concept or image...
The Pineal – the Sexual Principle, Fall of Humanity, and the Law of Polarity and Self-Regeneration
I gained profound insights into the idea of the true function of the Pineal and 3rd eye of the subtle body, and how it relates to our sexuality by concentrating in a meditative state on a dream I had just woken up from regarding the Principle of Polarity and...
The Right Understanding of the Subtle Body – How to Work with the Chakra System of the Etheric Double
The most common way the subtle body is represented in the West is through the chakra system where it’s viewed as a chain of vertical energy centers that are aligned along the spine and divided into separate compartments as different aspects of our self and how those aspects are...
The Right Understanding of the Kundalini – The Path to Enlightenment or Insanity
What’s referred to as the kundalini energy of the body, often symbolized as being dormant until awakened, is a primal electric force that gives life to all of Nature. It’s the power that generates an inner light in those who meditate and concentrate on their spiritual and moral development....
Spiritual Guidance, the Higher Capacity of Intuition, and Moral Sovereignty
As a student and teacher of Spiritual Sciences I have encountered numerous attitudes and methods around the idea of intuition and what it means to receive guidance from higher, spiritual beings of some kind. I’ve seen many confuse intuition with psychic abilities, which they often boast about with a...
The Archetypal Nature of the Spirit, the Creative Power of the Soul and the Nature of the Self
One of the most fundamental errors we make in how we think about things comes when we start from the premise of duality and separation. Any hypothesis that’s based on a concept of separation while referring to our essential self or spiritual nature is an illusion in the most...
“17” – Interpreting the Star Key of the Tarot
Hope, and Rebuilding After the Destruction of Illusion In the Hermetic Arcane of the Tarot, the archetypal idea of the star, which is Key 17, follows the the Lightning Struck Tower (Key 16) which represents the destruction of illusion (Key 15) and is what prompts the the dark night...