The Lunar Influence

The Lunar Influence

“A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:Its loveliness increases;  it will neverPass into nothingness; but still will keepA bower quiet for us, and a sleepFull of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathingA flowery...
Mercury the Messenger

Mercury the Messenger

Mercury-Hermes In the Greek and Roman tradition Mercury, called Hermes in Greek, was the messenger deity, distinguished by his winged sandals and winged helmet and carrying the caduceus. The cadeceus is a staff with two intertwined serpents topped by open wings and...
Fire Sermon of the Buddha

Fire Sermon of the Buddha

In the Addittapariyaya Sutta, known as the Fire Sermon, the Buddha Shakyamni addresses his monks and describes a world where everything is burning with the fire of desire, hatred, and delusion. The Buddha explains that the physical and mental senses are all burning...
Mystical Death

Mystical Death

Mystical Death is a Psychological Work “So long as we do not die within ourselves, and so long as we are identified with someone or something, we shall never be free.”   -Farud ud-Din Attar   To die is to renounce habits, to let go of fantasies, to dissolve...
Leo: Light of the Sun

Leo: Light of the Sun

Leo the Lion is a fire sign in the fixed mode. Leo governs the heart, the central organ of the body. Leo is ruled by the Sun, the heart of the solar system. Leo is the natural leader, the monarch, the king, and becomes the center around which others orbit. Leos are...
Qualities of the Seven Planets

Qualities of the Seven Planets

Classical Western astrology is based on the movement of the seven planets within the zodiac: the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. In accordance with the Law of Seven, the organizing principle of the universe, the seven planets correspond to the...
The Initiatic Path

The Initiatic Path

Initiation “Initiation is life lived intesely, with love and rectitude”-Samael Aun Weor Initiation means to enter into another way of being, to engage in an internal transformation that begins something entirely new. Samael Aun Weor outlines the map of the initiatic...