Robe of Glory

Aaron, the brother of Moses, was chosen to be the first High Priest because his staff of almond wood miraculously flowered when left overnight in the tabernacle. Those of the other candidates remained dormant. Aaron was anointed and arrayed in the high-priestly robes of glory (representing the inner vehicles of the Upper Worlds) and he... 

The Gnostics termed the solar, or rainbow body, the robe of glory — robe meaning a vesture or sheath for the spirit. The poet Bardesanes wrote The Hymn of the Robe of Glory, which tells of the soul s descent into matter and its ultimate re-ascent. The pearl mentioned at the end of the poem, is the pearl of Great Price, the Philosopher s Stone ... 

This is the Inner Robe of Glory, to be worn beneath the indigo... 

He is robed in the sacerdotal robes of glory the pure white of Divinity, the blue surcoat of Spirit, the violet and scarlet of Form and Action. Upon his breast glitters the koshen, the breastplate of twelve jewels which indicates that, in him, the twelve spiritual types, the twelve sieges, have been integrated and fulfilled the Earth has no more to teach him. He is crowned with a white mitre, upon which letters of fire shine, declaring Holy unto the Lord. ... 

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