The term “Dark Night of the Soul” is the title of a poem by Saint John of the Cross, a 16th century friar of the monastic order of Carmelites in Spain. He was a leading Spanish poet and religious reformer in his time. The Dark Night of the Soul is a message about travail and hope in the journey of the soul towards union with God. It represents one of many threads of esoteric belief winding through the tapestry of [Read more…] about The Dark Night of the Soul
The passages in Ezekiel describing The Four Living Creatures are mysterious and phantasmagorical. They are open to interpretations of all varieties, exoteric and esoteric. The Books of Daniel and Revelation also contain surreal images, but most of them are not as complex and elusive, and the symbolism is usually more obvious. For instance, Daniel’s vision of the various kingdoms that arise to rule his known world can be related to historical kingdoms. [Read more…] about The Four Living Creatures and The Gospels
Revelations chapter four opens with an important invitation in the human conscious experience. Verse one states:
“After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven…”
The opening door to heaven is a metaphor for a state of higher consciousness. Jesus made it clear in Luke that the Kingdom of Heaven was within us, and heaven can only be accessed by turning inward. That verse finishes with: [Read more…] about The Twenty-Four Elders, the Four Beasts, and the Throne of God
Part three in our Job series is coming, but in the meantime I thought it would be fun posting something on that greatly misunderstood and majestic creature, leviathan. Comprehending what this Biblical icon represents will help us on our quest to understand our own existence and purpose. This symbol also fits perfectly in our Job series because it is meant to be a symbol explaining base energies that serve to help evolve consciousness. [Read more…] about Leviathan the Sea Serpent: Our Emotional Energy Reservoir