Of one hundred persons who take up the spiritual life
"Of one hundred persons who take up the spiritual life, eighty turn out to be charlatans, fifteen insane, and only five, maybe, get a glimpse of the real truth. Therefore beware." ~ Swami Vivekananda
Egyptian Gnosis: How to subdue your lower animal self
By fellow Gnostic Brother Richard Cassaro...
France bans all pesticides blamed for bee losses
Almost weekly I see city workers openly spraying toxic pesticides all around my neighborhood. They spray this poisonous gas on our children's playgrounds, the grass where people play and even on the rocks that decorate the city landscape turning them yellow. It's...
The individual seldom knows where he gets his so-called facts; along with opinions
“Organized groups do most of the thinking for the populace at large. In a natural antipathy to thinking, which is hard work, practically every person depends upon some organization to do the thinking for him. The individual seldom knows where he gets his so-called...
There is only one way, and that is your way
"There is only one way, and that is your way. You seek the path? I warn you away from my own. It can also be the wrong path for you. May each go his own way. I will be no savior, no lawgiver, no master teacher unto you. You are no longer little children. … May each...
Live more and more in harmony with the higher Self
"As his mind becomes purer and his emotions come under control, his thoughts become clearer and his instincts truer. As he learns to live more and more in harmony with his higher Self, his body's natural intuition becomes active of itself. The result, is that false...
Knowledge, like wealth, is intended for use
"The possession of knowledge, unless accompanied by a manifestation and expression in action, is like the hoarding of precious metals—a vain and foolish thing. Knowledge, like wealth, is intended for use." ~ The Kybalion
A magician will recognize that life is dependent on the work of the elements in the various planes and spheres
"He who is going to be a magician will recognize that life is dependent on the work of the elements in the various planes and spheres. It is to be seen in great and in small things, in the microcosm as well as in the macrocosm, temporarily and eternally, everywhere...
To be great is to be misunderstood
“Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood; and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Long-Lost Tesla Drawings Show Magic Math Spiral
“If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have the key to the universe." Nikola Tesla A set of original Nikola Tesla drawings were discovered this past year in a Phoenix Arizona antique shop that are believed to have been created during the...
Ammon’s Horn
Lying in the middle of the brain is part of the temporal lobe called the Ammon's horn (Amuns Horn) or the hippocampus. In neuroanatomy, Ammon's horn is a metaphor that relates to the gods and the brain. Ammon's horn is the hidden creator, king of the gods, and the...
Death is neither the end of life nor the beginning of immortality
"The body is a garment of the soul. When this garment is worn out completely, or seriously and irreparably rent, it is abandoned and never rejoined. But when it is removed by some accident without being worn out or destroyed, it can, in certain cases, be reassumed,...
Consciousness by Helena Blavatsky
Amen/ Am-On the Spiritual Energy of Our Souls
By Pat Beaumier - Amen/ Am-On and the encoding of two separate energies. This word predates all three Abrahamic religions yet all three uniquely respect Amen, or "Aummmm-onnnnn" for reasons that have not necessatily been made clear to those who use this word. Amen is...
All genuine Initiation is, like evolution and regeneration, from within
"All genuine Initiation is, like evolution and regeneration, from within. Devoid of this inner meaning and power, all rituals are but foolish jargon, and all ceremonies an empty farce." - JD Buck
The mentally and most spiritually fit win the game of knowledge and truth
"This is the magic of the Matrix which is our current society that has been set up by our Gnostic masters where not the physically strongest survive, but the mentally and most spiritually fit win the game of knowledge and truth in which the grand prize is the...
A Grand Science known as Magic, and every real Master is a Magician
There is a Grand Science known as Magic, and every real Master is a Magician. Feared by the ignorant, and ridiculed by the “learned” the Divine Science and its Masters have, nevertheless, existed in all ages, and exist to-day. Masonry in its deeper meaning and...
Bodies are only temporary shells, whence souls have to be liberated
"Bodies are only temporary shells, whence souls have to be liberated; but those who in this life obey the flesh build up an interior body or fluidic shell, which, after death, becomes their prison-house and torment, until the time arrives when they succeed in...
Quotes on Alchemy
"I had discovered, early in my researches, that their doctrine was no mere chemical fantasy, but a philosophy they applied to the world, to the elements, and to man himself." - William Butler Yeats "Medicine rests upon four pillars - philosophy, astronomy, alchemy,...
The terrified mind fights itself
"The terrified mind fights itself...eventually it attacks in desperation...that is the most dangerous moment...the terrified mind can usually be trusted to make a fatal mistake." ~ Frank Herbert
Enoch Priesthood: The Priests With No Penis
There was a time in ancient history when the priesthood in various cultures were required to sever their penis', or what is more commonly known as castration. These priests were first known as eunuchs (/ˈjuːnək/; Greek: εὐνοῦχος) and the Galli, who according to...
A Mason cannot be ordained or elected by ballot
Let it be said that not every Freemason is a true Mason of the heart, or an immortal member of the Great Brotherhood of the divine elect of philosophers. Many Bros are simply Masons of the material world who are what Manly P. Hall called in The Secret Teaching of All...
Righteousness and Rationality Made Men Spiritual
“The ancients did not believe that spirituality made men either righteous or rational, but rather that righteousness and rationality made men spiritual. The Mysteries taught that spiritual illumination was attained only by bringing the lower nature up to a certain...
God’s Two Gifts to Man of Intellect and Logos Have the Same Value as Immortality
Intellect is our ability to think original thoughts and act rationally. The Logos simply means reason and it is through intellect and reason that we gain wisdom and become philosophers - ie: lovers of wisdom.
The Laws of Death From Hermes
I. As it is below, so it is above; as on earth, so in the sky. II. There are two states of being: one is mortal; the other is immortal III. That which is mortal is dissolvable, and dissolvable bodies pass away like a midst in the morning. IV. An immortal body is an...
The Heart of Alchemy is Spiritual
"Alchemy has never been about working with metals such as turning real lead into shiny gold. These are allegories and metaphors to describe the true human alchemical process which has always been about the spiritual transformation of the soul. It is the...
When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too
“This is why alchemy exists," the boy said. "So that everyone will search for his treasure, find it, and then want to be better than he was in his former life. Lead will play its role until the world has no further need for lead; and then lead will have to turn itself...
The Greatest Of Mystery Schools
By Manly P. Hall - "The world is the schoolroom of God. Our being in school does not make us learn, but within that school is the opportunity for all learning. It has its grades and its classes, its sciences and its arts, and admission to it is the birthright of man....
The most dangerous form of black magic
By Manly P. Hall - "The most dangerous form of black magic is the scientific perversion of occult power for the gratification of personal desire. Its less complex and more universal form is human selfishness, for selfishness is the fundamental cause of all worldly...
The Pyramid shall remain as the Visible covenant between Eternal Wisdom and the world
By 33rd Degree Freemason, Manly P. Hall - The word pyramid is popularly supposed to be derived from πῦρ, fire, thus signifying that it is the symbolic representation of the One Divine Flame, the life of every creature. John Taylor believes the word pyramid to mean a...