Humility, Shedding the False Ego, and the True Path of Liberation
There always seems to be a strange kind of reality around ideas that exist as a form of paradox that breeds constant illusions as misunderstandings produced through incorrect interpretations. What’s commonly referred to as ‘shedding our ego’, or experiences that come as the ‘death’ of the ego, can seem...
Learning how to Understand the Illusory Nature of Reality
Definition of reality: a thing that’s actually experienced or seen as a physical existence: A state or quality that exists or has substance. The idea of reality is one that has eluded many throughout history because we’ve been taught to think of it as a solid, fixed, objective, and...
“12” – The Hanged Man of the Tarot
The Initiate, the Great Work, and the True Meaning of Self-Sacrifice In the occult sciences all single numbers (0-9) represent laws, while all composite numbers represent formulas as processes and the laws that need to be skillfully utilized in order to do them. Numbers provide us with mathematical formulas...
“11” – Universal Justice, the Law of Cause and Effect, and the Nature of Karma
In occult sciences the number 11 represents the principle of universal justice as the equilibrium of complementary opposites to establish balance and harmony. It’s symbolic of what’s commonly called karma as the absolute law of cause and consequence, also referred to traditionally as the golden rule. Its purpose is...
How We Progress as a Soul by Employing Higher Knowledge
Our true spiritual development can seem a bit elusive because we’re often not clear on the difference between acquiring knowledge in its theoretical form and bringing it into practice as a means of creating ourselves by way of it. Many people can discuss what we can think of as...
How to Consciously work with Subtle Energy
In order to work with an idea at the practical level we have to form a working concept of it that serves to illustrate the laws involved as a relationship and the natural processes that ensue from it. Subtle energy is not a thing, but rather the invisible forces...
10 Universal Laws, 7 Hermetic Principles, and 22 Paths of Transformation
All of what we call the major systems of Spiritual Sciences are correlated with each other and form a dynamic series of correspondences that serve as the means for interpreting the principles that they all share in common. All actual or true spiritual knowledge as higher knowledge is based...
Human Will as Speech Directs the Forces of the Subconscious Mind
What we symbolically refer to as the serpent power in esoteric sciences is the Astral Light of the Formative planes that’s governed by the subconscious. It’s the universal principle as a subhuman force that builds everything from the inside out and is controlled and directed through mental means. Serpent...
Understanding the Psychological Basis of our Spiritual Quest
One of the most fundamental truths that we need to honestly comprehend in order to learn how to consciously create our self and our life, is in realizing the true relationship between the mind and body. While there’s a fundamental misconception that the body somehow gives rise to the...
Learning to Understand the Nature of Life, Death and the Soul
Death is still one of the greatest mysteries there are. Some people feel terrified at the mere thought of it because they have no idea what to expect, or what will actually happen and where they’ll go. Whatever we imagine death to be like is largely dependent on our...
