Hall writes, "To the Occultist, BIRTH is DEATH and DEATH is an AWAKENING. The Ancient Mystics taught that to be born into the Physical World was to enter a TOMB, for no other plane of nature is so unresponsive, so limited as the Earth."
"TIME and DISTANCE were PRISON BARS chaining the Soul to narrow environments. Heat and Cold tormented the Soul, age deprived if of it's faculties, and Man's LIFE was but a preparation for DEATH."
This is interesting as Hall continues, "The Mysteries taught that during the higher degrees of initiation the gods themselves took part in the instruction of candidates or at least were present, which was in itself a benediction."
In the Mithraic Mysteries, the Seven Rung Ladder symbolized the Great Chain of Being, the Initiate would CLIMB up the SEVEN RUNGS of the LADDER to get back to the Pleroma (Source), each RUNG symbolized an Astral Gatekeeper guarding his Planetary Gate.
As the Hermetica states, at each GATE, the Initiate must overcome by “giving up” different aspects of himself to each Gatekeeper, shedding a part of his Animal Soul, only then was the Iniatate able to cross through the Next Gate.
Masons call this Ladder, the Ladder of Kadosh.
The Church Fathers called it thr Ladder of Paradise or Jacob's Ladder due to Jacob's Dream from Genesis 28:12, where "(Jacob) had a dream, and behold, a ladder was set on the earth with its top reaching to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it”
In Toltec Culture, Shamans were called Naguals meaning 'Awakened Ones'.
NAGUAL is, also, the word for the Life Force Energy in each Human. Naguals learned to control the Flow of Energy within the Universe through the Seven Gates.
The Nagual taught of Seven GATES to Awareness.
These Shamans taught that these Seven Gates correspond to Seven Endrocrine Glands AND the Seven Chakras (Energy Centers) in the Human Body which are, also, connected to the Seven Classical Planets.
To reach a Yoga or Union with the Divine, the Initate must open ALL Seven GATES, ONE at a time. These Seven Gates, Planetary in the Macrocosm and in the Chakras in the Microcom, re the Entrances (IN+TRANCE!) and Exit Points to the Flow of Energy in the Universe.
The Watchers: A Deep Dive in Angelolgy & Demonology🧵
Hosea 4:6 reads, "My people are DESTROYED for LACK of KNOWLEDGE; because you have REJECTED knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me.
Today, we will discuss the Study of Angelolgy and, it's shadow aspect, Demonolgy.
The Physical Realm is flanked by Seven Demonic Realms below and Seven Angelic Realms above, all happening simultaneously. In each plane of exsistence are multiple "entities".
There is different classes of what we now call "Angels and Demons", a Celestial Heirarchy, if you will.
What does this mean?
To put it simply, we must discuss the 'Genius of Masonry'.
What exactly was a GENIUS to the Romans?
In Rome, the Genius was, not simply a intelligent person, BUT the individual instance of a divine nature present in every individual person, place or thing.
Masonic Tracing Boards, the Royal Arch of Heaven and the Gates of the SOUL 🧵
The Masonic Tracing Boards illustrate the Journey of the Soul through the Seven Spheres of the Heavens mirrored by the Sun. The Seven Spheres are represented by a Seven Rung Ladder aka Jacob's Ladder.
On the 360° Ecliptic of the Sun, there are Two Gates of the Soul which the Sun travels through YEARLY: The Gate of Man and the Gate of the Gods.
Cancer is known as the Gate of Man while Capricorn is the Gate of the Gods. Cancer is the Gate "IN" while Capricorn is the Gate "OUT".
First, we must understand the Masonic Royal Arch of Heaven.
The Royal Arch (of the Sun) illustrates the First Seven Houses of the Zodiac Wheel, from Aries to Libra. The Royal Arch is supported by the Three Great Pillars of Masonry (Beauty, Strength and Wisdom).
Occultist, Contemporary of Carl Jung and Author Miguel Serrano writes, "There is nothing more mysterious than BLOOD. Paracelsus considered it a condensation of LIGHT."
Lucifer, the LIGHT BRINGER, was said to be a Mystery Name for BLOOD.
Manly P. Hall explains, "The Liver is the key to the red blood. Lucifer's red garments derive their color from the blood, while the word Lucifer means "a Carrier of Light" (or heat) and is a MYSTERY Name for the Blood."
The Color RED is associated with and the KEY to the LIVER.
LIVE spelled backwards is EVIL while LIVED backwards is DEVIL.
Blood contains RIBOFLAVIN, which GLOWS under Ultraviolet LIGHT. RED is, also, the color associated with the chemical PHOSPHORUS.
In Isaiah 14:12 in the Greek Septuagint, Lucifer is referred to as PHOSPHORUS.