Light, divine

Men have rejected the true, living, and inward knowledge of God, and his Anointed and also of his Holy Spirit... but have placed their Reason in the midst of the Temple of God, in place or stead of GOD, and his Divine Light ... 

The discoveries brought to light from time to time which tend to the confirmation of the truth of Scripture are well deserving of our consideration. These discoveries, whether they result from investigation of the scenes of nature, or from researches into the records of history, though they often appear to be casually and unexpectedly made, are, no doubt, providentially concerted by Divine wisdom to take place at the very period when they are most required, or most calculated to produce their effect. Theyare presented to the reflection of mankind with design a 6... 

See the sphere become citrine, olive, russet, and indigo in color. For the remainder of the meditation period, rest in the vitalizing power of the Divine Lights of Emanation. Close with the Qabalistic Cross.]... 

The major issue is the desire-nature. To clear the decks, let us first declare, with the Sages, that desire itself is not a spiritual impediment. Desire arises in Kether, as the Divine impulse to manifest. Kether is will or consciousness-in-action (in Hebrew, will and delight have the same meaning). Consciousness itself is ineffable, indefinable, and hidden within Ain, the Absolute. To will something, however, is for the light... 

At the altar, the Regent fills the Grail with wine and elevates it into the Divine Light for consecration. A white dove, bearing a white wafer in its beak, swoops down from the light, drops the heavenly manna into the upraised Grail and vanishes into the dewdrop within the mystical rose. 

Awake, O man, and behold the light, lest the darkness deceive theel The Gods revealed to me this matter in a profound sleep. Happy is the man who knows the great works of the Divine power. Blessed is he whose eyes are opened to behold light where before they saw darkness. 

This illustration from four dimensions, suggesting other illustrations derivable from mathematics, may serve a double purpose in our present investigation. On the one hand it may lead us to vaster views of possible circumstances and existence on the other hand it may teach us that the conception of such possibilities cannot, hy any ditect path, bring us closer to God. Mathematics may help us to measure and weigh the planets, to discover the materials of which they are composed, to extract light and warmth from the motion of water and to dominate the material universe but even if by these means we could mount up to Mars or hold converse with the inhabitants of Jupiter or Saturn, we should be no nearer to the divine throne, except so far as these new experiences might develop in our modesty, respect for facts, a deeper reverence for order and harmony, and a mind more open to new observations and to fresh inferences from old truths. 

Because of the quantity of material that must be Ingested for diviner s sage to be fully active. It occurred to me In a light moment that any plant would be entheogenic If one ate twenty-six whole leaves at a sitting. That s a joke, but you can t really get the point until you eat diviner s sage yourself. 

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