Tag: Gnosis
The element of fire is the paradox of sanctity. It consumes and preserves. It devours matter but defends the Spirit. When someone sets fire to their own house, or when a nation burns its own capital, the act transcends the rational field of strategy. It becomes a rite of interior protection. In these gestures, the…
Astrology reveals paradoxes hidden within the order of the heavens. When Capricorn, the natural sign of the tenth house, is placed at the fourth, the axis turns inside out. What is usually the summit of visibility becomes the deepest of roots. The mountain sign descends into the cavern. Saturn, ruler of Capricorn, if placed here,…
The Lot of Spirit is seen as a place of fire, a secret measure traced between Sun and Moon, where the intelligence of light crosses into the vessel of the soul. It is not the same as the Lot of Fortune, one that speaks of chance, body, and survival. Spirit points toward intent, command, and…
The Scriptures often speak of the place where there will be weeping and the grinding of teeth. The phrase has haunted generations of readers because it touches the border between body and soul. It is much more than a mark of pain; it is a description of what happens when language collapses. The human mouth,…
Today, September 29, the Catholic Church honours Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. This year the feast coincides with a Monday, a day under the Moon, consecrated to Mary and marked by the voice of Gabriel. The coincidence draws the memory of the angels into the rhythm of the week; it is as if the lunar and…
The first pages of Genesis contain a rift that will echo through the whole of Scripture and the secret traditions born around it. Expelled from the garden, Adam begets three figures who carry in themselves three different paths of humanity. Cain, the cultivator of the soil, violent and restless. Abel, the fragile shepherd, whose life…
The word empire carries an ancient resonance. It once signified order descending from above, a structure that replicated the harmony of creation and drew earthly power into alignment with the Divine. For Dante, the empire in its true sense was the Empyrean, the region of pure Light where blessed souls abided in union with God.…
The spectacle of a solar eclipse is never a simple matter of astronomy. It carries the quality of a rite performed in the sky. When the Sun is hidden by the Moon, even if partially, the order of visibility is reversed. The lord of clarity and centre is cast into silence and the lesser light…
The image of the serpent runs through every current of mystical tradition. It coils around the Tree of Knowledge in Genesis; it burns in the deserts of Israel as the bronze figure that heals those who gaze upon it; it curls at the base of the spine in the secret lore of yoga; it climbs…
The drama of the soul is the drama of exile. In the human heart the memory of unity lingers, but mundane life is lived in division. The psyche carries within it a double figure: the self presented to the light and the hidden shadow. To integrate that shadow is to acknowledge the dyad within and…
