Ecclesia Spiritualis

This wisdom traced the Orient of pure light to the celestial pole, the double constellation of the Bear and Pole Stars. In an important Sufi vision, oil collected from the constellation of the Bear is a pure spiritual substance given as initiation into the mystical rank of Ecclesia Spiritualis, the seven masters of initiation and intercessors. ... 

Ruzbehan of Shiraz, on turning his attention to the Great Bear, saw its seven stars as seven apertures through which God directly showed himself. Similarly, in Taoist tradition, the Ecclesia Spiritualis are the seven spiritual mlers in the constellation of the Bear and the Bear Star is... 

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