Spiritual Symbolism Of The Sun And Moon

According to the Ancient Egyptian Myth the hieroglyphic script was invented by the God Thoth. We all remember 1,000 distinct characters of formal writing system used by pharaohs. Now, cursive hieroglyphs were used for religious literature on papyrus and wood, this is what researchers now call “the Proto-Canaanite alphabet”, the term used for inscriptions older than around 1050 BC that later evolved into the Phoenician alphabet. Again, lots of countries, governments, scientists, religion leaders wish to claim the invention of the alphabet. What about Vinča's Neolithic (Serbian Danube) pottery scripts also found in China? Vinča's sophisticated carved statues signs, 100s of Canaan letters, Phoenicians Arabic, Ionic, Cyrillic, Aramaic, Chinese, Hebrew.

This pioneering study of Christian sun symbolism describes how biblical light motifs were taken up with energy in the early Church. Kevin Duffy argues that, living in a world of 24/7 illumination, we need to reconnect with the sun and its light to appreciate the meaning of light in the Bible and Christian tradition. With such a retrieval we can appreciate Pope Francis's insistence that, like the moon, the Church does not shine with its own light, and assess the claim that the Eucharist is to be celebrated 'Ad Orientem', that is towards the rising sun in the East. Liturgy, architecture, poetry and the writings of saints and theologians such as Augustine, Hildegard of Bingen, Francis of Assisi, and Thomas Traherne offer abundant resources for a much needed ressourcement. While Christ was preached as the True Sun among sun-worshipping Aztecs, and the consecrated host was placed in a solar monstrance on Baroque altars, in the modern era solar themes have been neglected. In this accessible work, the author suggests that we rebalance a spiritual symbolism that has over-emphasised darkness and cloud at the expense of light and sun. He proposes a creative retrieval of the traditional title of Christ as the Sun of Justice. This title blends the personal, the social and the cosmic/ecological, and speaks powerfully to a secularising era that contemporaries Friedrich Nietzsche and Thérèse of Lisieux both described as one where the sun does not shine.

Written in a remarkably precise and lucid style by two foremost authors on Reiki, this compendium reveals indispensable information of tremendous spiritual value, including the dedication rituals necessary for the practice of Reiki as well as the complex overall healing system.

The sun was the most celebrated religious symbol of the ancient world and hundreds of the most enigmatic sites were aligned to it at the solstices and equinoxes. This book answers why the sun was so spiritually important to ancient people and describes how to practice this same ancient religion of the sun today.

“Rosicrucian Alchemy” invites us to embark on a meditative path, where the alembic becomes our heart, and the Philosopher’s Stone our spiritualised physical resurrection body, and our initiated consciousness. Whether you’re an alchemical enthusiast, a seeker of inner truths, or simply curious, this book promises a transformative journey. The Spiritual Alchemical Journey: When Nature is embraced with wise, loving, and benevolent understanding, Nature becomes transparent: on the one hand, it is transfigured under the lightning flashes of divine forces, and on the other hand, it temporarily lifts the Soul into "angelic" states of consciousness, which fallen man can only glimpse for brief moments, when listening to music, when artistically creating or when contemplating the beauty of art; or when man considers spiritual science, like in Goethe's natural science studies, in Johannes Keppler's cosmogony, in Paracelus' natural science and theological writings or in Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophy, to name a few. In nature processes and in their representation through spiritual symbols, God's wisdom, beauty, and power are present. They can be deciphered, and they can also be the starting point of a striving for all-inclusiveness, wholeness, and perfection of the individual human and humanity in God. Rosicrucian alchemy acknowledges the unity of man, Nature, and Macrocosm, and its task is to research and utilize the diversity and unity of forces through spiritual science and spiritual technology. And in doing so, inspired by the deeds of Christ, Nature becomes the body of the 'Creative Word' and, as it were, the bride of God. The physical human body as a creation of Nature can become a matrix of perfection through purification and spiritualization as we create the resurrection body of Christ within ourselves. In spiritualizing our human constitution and deciphering Nature as a condensed spirit, we also redeem Nature and lift it permanently into a higher state of evolution. This is the true meaning of the preparing of the Philosopher’s Stone, which is also as stage of spiritual development that can be achieved on a meditative path, that is inspired by the research and practice of Christian Rosenkreuz and Rudolf Steiner.