Carl Jung and the Red Book

By Miguel Conner – One of the most important events in occult history was the 2009 publication of C.G. Jung’s Red Book. The full impact of this massive tome remains to be seen, although it probably has already beenHall Freud Jung in front of Clarkseen—since Jung claimed that all of his world-changing ideas were but a fraction of what was contained in this work. But by understanding how the Red Book came into being, we can also understand how the ancient heresy known as Gnosticism influenced our culture through the “Swiss Magician,” as Jung is known today.

After all, the Red Book is, at its heart, a Gnostic Gospel because of its prevalent theme and ultimate thrust: the recovery of the soul from the darkness of mere being, and its awakened ascent through the astral spheres of reality until it is unified with the very font of all realities (and unrealities).

But it’s better to first and briefly understand the history of the Red Book (also known as the Liber Novus, or Latin for “New Book”). Jung began writing the Red Book sometime in 1914, shortly after falling out with his mentor, Sigmund Freud. The reasons for the split between the two fathers of psychology have to do with Freud rejecting Jung’s more spiritual approaches in understanding the human psyche. Perhaps because of the split, although it’s not entirely known, Jung soon after began having paranormal experiences and visions; these were often haunting and disturbing, affecting his family and residence. They were recorded for the next seven years, mostly in early drafts that would later become the Red Book.

Some have posited that Jung simply went insane through the period when he wrote the Red Book, and found through his psychic ordeal the means in which to recover his sanity. And then he used these insights to help his patients to recover their own sanity.

Jung hinted throughout his life at having the Red Book— which he wrote in personalized calligraphy and added elegant images—but he never revealed it to anyone. After his death in 1961, his family kept the work in a vault in Zurich, Switzerland, refusing any entreaties from his followers to bring it to the general public. Yet almost a century since it was written, Jung’s family yielded to pressure and the Red Book was eventually published (the process spearheaded by the Philemon Foundation). (more…)

Jedi Knights

The name Jedi (Djedhi) is derived from the Hebrew (Phoenician) name Yedidya, or more commonly Jedidiah- meaning Jedi Knightsbeloved of the Lord, friend of God. The name Jedi is also called in the bible, bedheydh, (“servant of Yah “Yahweh”). Yahweh  (Jahveh, Jehovah or Iehoua pronounced “yohweh” or /ˈjɑːw/ or /ˈjɑːhw/; Hebrew: יהוה‎) in the Hebrew Bible,  is written as יהוה (YHWH) and was the name of the Hebrew national god of the Iron Age kingdoms of Israel and Judah.

In the bible from Samuel xii. 24 we learn that the proper name of King Solomon was Jedidiah, “because of the Lord;” and when he styles himself Koheleth, and describing himself  “the son of David, the king of Jerusalem.”  King Solomon was also called one of the ten sons through “The children of Bani; ” Dad: dear. Dodai (m): very dear, con. Dido, David, Jedidiah: dear to Jehovah. ” Over the course of the second month was Dodai.” Other spellings of the name Jedi are Jed, Jedd, Jeddy, Jededish, Jedi, and Jebediah. (more…)

What is the Trinity? – Law of Three Forces

In the world we currently live in, there is a law of universal order that governs all nature and man. This law is called byTrinity1 such names as the ‘Trinity,’ The Law of Three Forces,’ or the Three Pure Ones. The number three has been used since ancient times to describe the fundamental attributes, principles or personalities of God, the forces of nature, and even man who is truly a tri-fold intelligence. The number 3 is the power of all creation which uses the law of three forces to create; and as the great mathematician Pythagoras had said, “all is numbers”, and when he says ‘all’, that definitely includes us humans.

These 3 Forces of universal law are: active, passive and mutual or neutral, which includes everything that is made within our universe. The equilibrium of the tri-fold intelligence, or what is also called the Law of Three Forces, or in the Christian religion is called the Trinity. The English word “Trinity” is derived from Latin “Trinitas,” meaning “the number three, a triad”. This abstract noun is formed from the adjective “trinus” (three each, threefold, triple), and as the word “unitas” which is the abstract noun formed from “unus” (one). (more…)

What is Gnosticism?

By Miguel Conner – I’ve always liked the definition of Gnosticism that Stevan Davis provided during an interview on my show: It’s the story of how God went crazy and became us, and how we Gnosticcan reverse the process once we have gained this knowledge (Gnosis).

But it’s always helpful to proffer other frameworks to defining Gnosticism because of its seemingly protean manifestations and secretive aura—beyond the mainstream one of being an allegorizing and Platonic ancient heresy that advocated self and God knowledge, continuously suppressed by orthodox religions and smuggled by secret societies across history.

Using mythology is one framework, especially since the Gnostic themselves were so passionate about utilizing mythology from any surrounding tradition in order to explain their existentialist views.

Mythology is a chronicle of symbols and archetypes that point to the transcendent, but at the same time anchor the psyche to a clearer perspective of the immediate culture and cosmos. Mythology is more concerned with meaning than facts; and thus deeply expresses the essence of a movement or religion, even as they don different clothing in other times and places.

I think Jung Singer in her book, A Gnostic Book of Hours, put it better when she wrote; “Myths are true expressions of our inner selves, revealed cryptically in image, symbol, and metaphor. They are something like dreams: rationally they may not ring true, but in a psychological sense they express people’s inner processes through the use of ingenious devices that conceal what must be concealed and reveal what must be revealed.”

But as a narrative, myths often begin with questions, sometimes without ringing answers, but certainly pregnant a melody of meaning. Here are the questions and the myths that address the Gnostic ethos:

How did we get here?

The Myth of the Fallen Soul: Because of a cosmic cataclysm or angelic revolution, fragments of the ultimate Godhead (referred to as divine sparks), have fallen into alien domains. These shards of infinity are cast into material vessels—the bodies of humans or even animals—and lie in slumbering forgetfulness far away from their astral home. A modern Gnostic myth would be the movie The Truman Show, where the protagonist is placed in an ersatz environment away from his beloved and the real world.

Who is responsible?

The Myth of the Demiurge: Lesser agencies control the universe, hoarding the divine spark that often feeds their very power, and certainly perpetrating their slumbering forgetfulness through oppression or soothing chimeras (or both). Christian Gnostics often referred to their main adversary as the Demiurge (Greek for “public worker”), associating him with the Old Testament Jehovah. The Demiurge and his assistants, called the Archons, are the main antagonists in all forms of Gnosticism, and they keep the divine spark hidden from the ultimate Godhead. A modern Gnostic myth would be the films The Matrix, Dark City, and They Live.

Is there any hope to make it right?

The Myth of the Divine Feminine: A goddess-figure is the solution (and sometimes also the cause) to the current spiritual state of affairs. Her ethereal song stirs the divine spark into wakefulness. In some Gnostic narratives, she is the actual mother of the Demiurge; yet she is also the missing element of an unbalanced reality, the healing but untamed process of the universe. The Gnostics presented her in the aspect of Sophia, Mary Magdalene or Helen of Troy, just to name a few, switching roles from the damsel in distress to the actual warrior heroine. She is manifest and divine wisdom in all her aspects, calling all of us to arouse. A modern Gnostic myth would be the Arthurian mythos, or again The Matrix with the character of Trinity.

What is our role?

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Hermesmage (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Myth of the Savior: Once awakened, a Savior arrives to counsel the divine spark on how to return to its astral home. The Savior in Gnosticism took on the form of such luminaries as Jesus Christ, Simon Magus, or Hermes Trismegistus. Often the Savior and the Divine Feminine work together or exchange responsibilities, in their eternal romance to restore Creation. Regardless, arcane rituals and mystic maps are tendered for the regaining of spiritual wholeness, after we have remembered our destiny and discovered a thirst for ultimate freedom. A modern Gnostic myth would be the movie Fight Club, where Tyler Durden and Marla instruct the protagonist in various ways on how to find his true nature; or again, in the Arthurian mythos where Arthur and Guinevere must find resolution before darkness is lifted over the land.

These four myths can overlap, sometimes taking evolving attributes of each other, and are often hidden themselves in other myths or allegory, even in discourse. An example is found in The Hermetica, where Hermes Trismegistus says; “Bright and luminous as you are, O Soul, by your own nature, you went to the world of darkness, and engaged in combat with it; and the world of darkness obscured your light, and encompassed you with darkness, and blinded you, and made you lose sight of all that you had seen, and forget all that you had known; and in the end, you were captured and held prisoner.”

Looking closely, one can see the Demiurge, the fallen Soul, and the continuous struggle of the Divine Feminine and Savior in just that passage. But Hermes eventually reveals the liberation of the divine spark later on in The Hermetica.

Gnosticism certainly contains other characteristics and elements, many still being debated, and the notion of Gnosis is certainly essential (but a complete topic in itself). Yet these four myths are useful cornerstones for detecting the many houses of heresy the Gnostic erected throughout history and secret history. Furthermore, one can begin seeing the Gnostic sensibility beyond facts and enter into the realms of meaning.

The mythic resonance of the Gnostics has certainly terrified mainstream religions for centuries, just as it has captivated artists and member of clandestine organizations. But it can also aid in understanding Gnosticism when it manifests through such lenses as artistic (Philip K. Dick/William Blake/Herman Melville), psychological (Carl Jung/Aldous Huxley), or historical (Paul of Tarsus/Valentinus/Rumi).

If not, the definition of Stevan Davis still remains appropriate. Sophia will continue to sing her song, calling her children home, but those who have ears to hear certainly have different ways to decipher that eternal soundtrack of the counterculture known as Gnosis.

Where is Heaven? The Water is the Way

Water is the symbol of life, truth and the Sophia (Σοφíα, Greek for “wisdom”). Let there be light and let it be said that “The Heaven Water girlway to heaven is through water.”

In almost all religions you will find that Water cleanses and is the purifier, in which faiths that incorporate ritual washing (ablution) that is used to baptize, sanctify and bless, include Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Rastafari movement, Shinto, Taoism, and Wicca. In the religion of the Buddhist, water symbolizes purity, clarity and calmness. In the Taoist traditions, water is said to point us to the Way and is considered a symbol or a pointer to the Tao (or Spirit/God). Taoism‘s two major branches, the Fire (yang) and Water (yin) are methods in which an absence of water is dryness, the way of death. These same teachings of the Taoist can also be compared to the Christian version of the absence of water, where St John had called this in Revelation “a fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
Heaven Water spirit girl

As Lao Tzu says:.

The highest good is like that of water

The goodness of water is that it benefits the ten thousand creatures,

Yet itself does not scramble for attention,

But is content with places that men disdain.

It is this that makes water so near to the Way.

Ramesses-III-paintingTo the Ancient Egyptians, the secrets of heaven and water were symbolized by the God Osiris who we can consider a God of water. Plutarch had said, “they held the Nile to be the parent and savior of Egypt, and an emanation from Osiris,” and Eusebius had written that “Osiris was the Nile, which the Egyptians supposed to flow down from heaven.” They had represented Osiris as water or a type of the element of moisture, whose symbol we find in the vase full of water in which it appears they had used in all ceremonies. To the Egyptians, water was regarded as the great genial principle of all nature, calling forth and cherishing the fruits of the earth. (The picture to the right is of Ramesses III during a ritual in which he pours water from the vessel. Ramesses III was often depicted as the god Osiris.)

The Christians had also symbolized water as the way, with such biblical passages as Genesis 1:20 where we are told that the first mention of life comes from water, “Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life,” and “The earth was formed out of water and by water” (NIV). Many other passages also allude to heaven being through the water and in drinking of the “water of life,” or the “fountains of living water,” and of ” the stream of the water of life proceeding out of the throne of the Eternal.”  Then in John 3:5, Jesus tells us the cold hard truth  – Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.

In the Qur’an it is stated that “Living things are made of water” and it is often used to describe paradise. In many religions such as Islam and Judaism, a ritual bath in pure water is performed for the dead. In Islam, the five daily prayers can be done in most cases after completing washing certain parts of the body using clean water (wudu), unless water is unavailable (see Tayammum).

Levite high priestMany P. Hall had said of the Universal Brotherhood; “Some are the Sons of Water — the keepers of flocks; others are Sons of Fire — the builders of cities. One group is conservative; the other is progressive. One is the king; the other the priest.”

This same principle that Hall speaks of is also found in Taoism, with the water taoists (yin) who are peaceful and reserved in comparison to their fiery cousins (yang), the Fire Taoists. In the original Taoist texts, wu wei is often associated with water and its yielding nature. Although water is soft and weak, it has the capacity to erode even solid rock. Wu wei literally means non-action or non-doing by living wholly in harmony with the Tao in order to behave in a completely natural, uncontrived way.

The Eastern Orthodox Church and the Byzantine Empire icons almost always represent Sophia with wings, and at times with a garment of fish scales which points to Her relationship to water. In European legends and folklore, Sophia is represented by the Melusine (or Melusina) which is representative of a feminine spirit of fresh waters in sacred springs and rivers.

The Tribe of Levi and their Levite priests had used the water vase as our symbol to represent the divine spirit that flows through us. It reminds us, that  in order to access this unique place within, we must wash, cleanse and purify our thoughts, actions, habits and life daily as we do washing our hands and feet. In doing so we purify our minds, bodies and souls. Levite2Moses the high priest was also Levite, and his name literally in Hebrew means “to draw out of the water.” In Exodus 30:18 we find that Moses was to make a laver of brass and put water in it, which was to be situated between the Tabernacle and the altar for the priests to wash their hands and feet, so when they went into the Tabernacle “that they die not”. Hence, they needed to be purified alchemically and this which is done through the water within our DNA.

This is not done by just the act of using water to cleanse or purify, but an actual scientific and internal alchemical process a4.0.1 person must undergo to reach that place of eternal peace and love, that some of us call heaven, illumination, enlightenment or simple human bliss. A mental state of emotion where we become one with nature, our fellow man and love all God’s creatures. This is witnessed to us by St. John the Evangelist who said, “Little children, love one another.” Through this unconditional love is where we find peace and wisdom in which we then can change our complete alchemical make-up (internal human chemistry) in order to lead us to the water, that some of us call heaven and away from the lake of fire and sulfur, or what some may call hell.

A state of mind and being, where those of you who hate and are angry find alchemical hell in the sulfur within your very chemical make up that makes you, you that then multiplies by the billions like a virus with each evil thought. But those of you who do not partake in the hate and anger, by practicing the most ancient art on earth of love, acceptance and happiness, will find alchemical heaven through the water which resides in their very DNA.

Where is Heaven? Part I

If you are looking for heaven, I will help lead you to the promise land, and I swear that you won’t even have to sell your soul Where is Heaven 4to the devil or buy my e-book in order to get there. In fact, the only thing that it will cost you in this lifetime is some incredibly hard work on THYSELF. You will need to refine and purify your thoughts, actions, life and chemical make up within, up until your very last breathe when you depart from your physical body. In fact, once you become knowledgeable of thyself, in which everything is energy ruled by cause and effect; you will find that it is much easier to get to hell than it is to get to heaven in this world that is obviously ruled by Satan, the Goddess of Hell and their minions.

The Ancient Egyptian Proverb reads, “The kingdom of heaven is within you, and whosoever shall know himself shall find it.” French master occultist Elphias Levi had said, “Man is himself the creator of his heaven or hell, and there are no demons except his own follies,” and 33rd Degree Freemason and Master Rosicrucian Manly P. Hall had written on heaven and hell; “In truth, the kingdom of heaven is within man far more completely than he realizes; and as heaven is in his own nature, so earth and hell are also in his constitution, for the superior worlds circumscribe and include the inferior nature of heaven.” (Mystery of Fire pg 198)

Where is heavenIf you are wondering, “Where is heaven?”, the first thing that you need to do is heed the advice of the Ancient Egyptians and the two Masters of Truth and the Light that I have quoted above. We humans get to heaven via our own thoughts, actions and lives, in which we either create angels and demons or heavens and hells. Angels and demons (thoughts and actions), or what some people may call Archons that cause change in our very chemical make up and DNA, and that are simply found within our own natures. A life and afterlife that is either a heaven or hell simply due to cause and effect of our own thoughts and actions. Hence, what you reap, you shall sow my friend in Gnosis, and please NEVER forget this simple heavenly rule.

Can I go to heaven if I’m a bad person and commit evil acts; is there a prayer I can say or can I become a Born Again Christian?

It is paramount that you understand that there will be no Christian saviors or magical prayers that will create a cheap shortcut to heaven for those of you out there, who are nothing more than little demon men or women that have committed nothing more than hellish acts in this lifetime. There are no preachers or prayers in the universe that will help you negate this golden rule and age-old human alchemical process. You also will certainly not find heaven simply by becoming a Born Again Christian without doing the necessary alchemical work from within to refine and purify yourself in every humanly and spiritually way possible. In addition, there is no need for another Catholic Inquisition by burning your evil ass on the stake for being the spawn of the allegorical devil, when you are already slowly burning yourself with your own internal torch via the Lake of Fire and Brimstone (sulfur).

Many profane people foolishly think that the Christian bible is based on pure fiction, pseudo history and or plain old lies. The truth of the scientific matter is that they couldn’t be farther from the light and truth, so help them Lord. If we look for the light in the bible with an open mind and heart, by disregarding the scandals of the Church or some of its teachings you may not agree with, you will be led to the truth and quite possibly, the promise land.

The Bible with the Books of Genesis to Revelation is a written history, or should I say a docudrama of the world and the peoples who have ruled it for the last 5,000-6,000 years. In addition to the history that can be found in the bible, it also contains astrology that is combined with theology to create what is called astrotheology. However, there is also another little known, very important fact, that many writings in the New Testament are centered around esoteric Gnosis or Gnosticism and even alchemy. It is in the bible where this concept of heaven and hell became so popularized, and that which is actually encoded with esoteric scientific teachings that can help us all learn about life, death and also the afterlife.

An example of these Gnostic and alchemical teachings can be found in the passage from John 3:5  – Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.

Where is Heaven 2There is an encrypted message here for those with an eye to see. St John is clearly informing us that the way to heaven is through “Water and spirit.” He also gives us the big clue “Very truly” which is an important part of the biblical puzzle. It is through truth, love and harmony with nature that we become wise, for it is said in 1 Corinthians 12:8 – For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, Wisdom. It is this wisdom attained through Gnosis or knowledge that helps us evolve as humans and also creates a type of heaven on earth; for it is said in Proverbs 2:10-11 –  for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul; discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you.

Remember Truth, Water and Spirit. Hence, living life right is somewhat of a science, and if you would like to enter the kingdom of God, Heaven, or whatever you want to call it, then you must understand this science and also apply it to your life to the best of your abilities. If you are interested in truth and how the world truly operates like myself, then we all must begin our studies into the hidden and mystical realms of the universe. This research is often into a world that we cannot see with our own two eyes, but it does have elements that we can see, and science has now given us truth seekers, Gnostics and adepts the tools we can now use to help prove what were once theories or bible tales as scientific facts.

In Part II in this series of heavenly creations, I will go into the alchemical process within, that helps us justify the science and concept of heaven.