Let us work and rest happily, abandoning ourselves to the course of life.

Let us exhaust the turbid and rotten waters of habitual thinking.

Thus, into the emptiness Gnosis will flow, and with it, the happiness of living.

Samael Aun Weor

Pandora’s Gift

Pandora’s Gift

In Greek mythology Pandora was the first mortal woman, similar to the Judeo-Christian Eve. She was created by the god...

Zodiacal Plants

Zodiacal Plants

From Esoteric Medicine and Practical Magic (previously published as Occult Medicine and Practicel Magic) by Samael Aun...

The Muse

The Muse

Hesiod and the Muse by Gustave Moreau   "I will begin with the Muses and Apollo and Zeus. For it is through the...

Mercy and Justice

Mercy and Justice

"Justice without Mercy is tyranny; Mercy without Justice is tolerance, indulgence of the crime. Karma is negotiable...

The Apogee

The Apogee

The universe functions according to the law of rhythm. Creation unfolds with the manvantara, the cosmic day, and...

Zodiacal Perfumes

Zodiacal Perfumes

The following is from Esoteric Medicine and Practice Magic (also published as Occult Medicine and Practical Magic),...

Keeping Quiet

Keeping Quiet

Keeping Quiet by Pablo Neruda   Now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still for once on the face of the...

Heavy Matter

Heavy Matter

"In the final synthesis, each one of us is nothing more than an atom from the Abstract Absolute Space, which is the...

Laws of Reincarnation

Laws of Reincarnation

Reincarnation and recurrence are cosmic laws describing the journey of a spiritual essence or soul through successive...

Fate and Will

Fate and Will

"Listen Fates, who sit nearest of gods to the throne of Zeus, and weave with shuttles of adamant, inescapable devices...

Montserrat

Montserrat

"In Cataluña, Spain, there is a marvelous temple in the Jinn state.  This is the Temple of Monserrat.  In that temple,...

Virgin of Montserrat

Virgin of Montserrat

Under the Black Madonna Virgin of the unhewed rock each prayer a star a wish a hope. I take refuge in the heat of...

Phosphorus and Hesperus

Phosphorus and Hesperus

The planet Venus accompanies the Sun in a close apparent orbit, showing up just before dawn, and called by the Greeks...

Particles in Pain

Particles in Pain

"Religion, the Buddha, Wisdom, the particles in pain of our Father who is in heaven, and all the information we need...

The Lord’s Prayer

The Lord’s Prayer

The Lord's Prayer, taught by Jesus Christ to his disciples, is a beautiful supplication containing profound wisdom,...

The Two Zodiacs

The Two Zodiacs

"Without any doubt, as the terrestrial year exists, so does the great sidereal year. A terrestrial year is the turn of...

A Letter to Life

A Letter to Life

"A person is what his life is. That which continues beyond death is life. This is the meaning of the Book of Life that...

Chasing the Sun of your Existence

Chasing the Sun of your Existence

The following poem is from the book El Proceso de Samael Aun Weor by Horus Gomez Garro, son of Samael Aun Weor and...

The Three Realities

The Three Realities

Three Worlds by M.C. Escher Illustrated in this beautiful image by M. C. Escher, we live simultaneously in three...

Citipati

Citipati

Citipati is the name of a Tibetan Buddhist deity formed by two skeletons, male and female, with their legs...

Reflections on Charcoal

Reflections on Charcoal

In the path of gnosis and the process of awakening the consciousness we begin to see everyday things in a new light....

The Gnostic Eden

The Gnostic Eden

Eden "And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the...

Love Without Form

Love Without Form

Love is that intimate force that rocks and shakes the Earth. Love is learning to scale a mountain without rope Just...

Serenity

Serenity

"The feeling of serenity transcends that which is normally understood by calm or tranquillity; it implies a...

Stella Maris: Star of the Sea

Stella Maris: Star of the Sea

"If we want to atomically disintegrate the psychic aggregates which we carry within our interior, then we need a power...

Recovering from Egoic Attachment

Recovering from Egoic Attachment

Overcoming patterns of compulsive, unconscious, selfish, behavior is very challenging. Especially when these patterns...

Gnostic Philosophy

Gnostic Philosophy

Philosophy, as one of the four pillars of gnosis, means asking the big questions of life. The word philosophy is from...

The Alchemy of Sulphur

The Alchemy of Sulphur

The three basic components of alchemical transformation are fire, water, and earth. These components are manifested in...

Awakening and the Initiatic Path

Awakening and the Initiatic Path

Awakening the Consciousness Awakening the consciousness is freeing the essence from attachment. When the consciousness...

On Belief and Religion

On Belief and Religion

Religion: to Connect The word religion is from the Latin re ligare meaning to bind, to connect. The same root as...

On Grace and Uncertainty

On Grace and Uncertainty

“All the natural movements of the soul are controlled by laws analogous to those of physical gravity. Grace is the...

O AO Kakof Na Khonsa

O AO Kakof Na Khonsa

  "The Divine Mother is not a woman, nor is she an individual. She is in fact an unknown substance. Any form that...

Athena Goddess of Wisdom

Athena Goddess of Wisdom

"Of Pallas Athena, guardian of the city, I begin to sing. Dread is she, and with Ares she loves deeds of war, the sack...

The Altar

The Altar

The word altar comes from the Latin root for "high" or "elevated". The altar in any religion or spiritual practice is...

The Magic of the Runes

The Magic of the Runes

"The script of the First Root Race was with the Runes. The mallet of Masonry comes from the arrow of the Egyptian God...