Chapter XIX
Initiation
Initiation is your very life. If you want Initiation, write it on a stick. Let him who has understanding understand, for here is wisdom. Initiation cannot be bought or sold. Let us flee from those schools that give initiations by correspondence. Let us flee from all those who sell initiations.
Initiation is something very intimate to the Soul. The self-ego does not receive Initiations. Those who say, "I have so many initiations," "I have so many degrees," are liars and frauds, because the ego does not receive Initiations or degrees.
There are nine Initiations of Minor Mysteries, and five important Initiations of Major Mysteries. The Soul is the one who receives the Initiations. That is too intimate; one does not go around saying that, one should not tell anyone.
All the initiations and degrees conferred by many schools in the physical world truly have no value in the higher worlds. The Masters of the White Lodge only recognize the legitimate Initiations of the Soul as true. This is completely internal.
The disciple can ascend the nine arches, traverse all nine Initiations of the Minor Mysteries without having worked with the Arcanum A.Z.F. (Sexual Magic). However, it is impossible to enter the Major Mysteries without Sexual Magic. (This is the Arcanum A.Z.F.).
In Egypt, anyone who reached this state of their own process inevitably received the terrible secret of the Great Arcanum from mouth to ear. (The most powerful Arcanum. The Arcanum A.Z.F.)
THE GUARDIAN OF THE THRESHOLD
The first test the candidate must face is the test of the Guardian of the Threshold. This is the reflection of the ego, the innermost depth of the self. Many fail this terrible test.
The candidate must invoke the Guardian of the Threshold in the inner worlds. A terrifying electrical hurricane precedes the terrible apparition.
The Threshold larva is armed with a terrible hypnotic power. Truly, this monster embodies all the horrible ugliness of our own sins. It is the living mirror of our own wickedness. The fight is horrifying, face-to-face, hand-to-hand. If the Guardian defeats the candidate, the latter is enslaved by the horrible monster. If the candidate is victorious, the Threshold Monster flees in terror. Then a metallic sound shakes the Universe, and the candidate is received in the Hall of Children. This reminds us of that phrase of the Hierophant Jesus, of Christ: "Until you become like children, you will be able to enter the Kingdom of Heaven."
In the Hall of Children, the candidate is feted by the Holy Masters. The joy is immense because a human being has entered the Path of Initiation. The entire College of Initiates (children) congratulates the candidate. The candidate has defeated the first Guardian. This test is performed in the astral world.
SECOND GUARDIAN
The Guardian of the Threshold has a second aspect: the mental aspect. We must know that the human mind is not yet human. It is at the animal stage. Each person has, on the mental plane, the animal physiognomy that corresponds to their character. The cunning person is a true fox there. The passionary person resembles a dog or a goat, etc., etc.
The encounter with the Guardian of the Threshold on the mental plane is even more frighteningly than on the astral plane. Truly, the second guardian is the Great Guardian of the World Threshold.
The fight with the second Guardian is usually very horrible. It is the candidate who must invoke the second Guardian on the mental plane. This is preceded by the terrifying electric hurricane. If the candidate is victorious, he is received with much acclaim in the Children's Hall of the mental plane. If he fails, he is enslaved by the horrible monster. In this larva, all our mental crimes are personified.
THIRD GUARDIAN
The encounter with the third guardian takes place in the world of will. The demon of ill will is the most terrible of the three. People do their personal will; the Masters of the White Lodge only do the will of the Father, both in Heaven and on Earth.
When the candidate emerges victorious in the third test, he is once again feted in the Hall of Children. The music is ineffable... The celebration... solemn.
THE HALL OF FIRE
After the candidate has overcome the three basic tests of the Guardian of the Immense Region, he must then enter the Hall of Fire. There, the flames purify his internal vehicles.
TESTS OF FIRE, AIR, WATER, AND EARTH
In ancient Egypt, these four tests had to be bravely faced in the physical world. Now, the candidate must pass the four tests in the supersensible worlds.
TEST BY FIRE
This test is to test the candidate's serenity and gentleness. Those who are irascible and choleric inevitably fail this test. The candidate is persecuted, insulted, reviled, etc. Many react violently and return to the physical body completely defeated. The victorious are received in the Children's Hall and entertained with delightful music—the music of the spheres. The flames horrify the weak.
TEST BY AIR
Those who despair over the loss of something or someone; those who fear poverty; those who are unwilling to lose what is most dear to them—fail the test by air. The candidate is thrown to the bottom of the precipice. The weak scream and return to the physical body in horror. The victorious are received in the Children's Hall with festivities and entertainment.
TEST BY WATER
The great trial of water is truly terrible. The candidate is thrown into the ocean and believes he will drown. Those who do not know how to adapt to all the varied social conditions of life; those who do not know how to live among the poor; those who, after being shipwrecked in the ocean of life, reject the struggle and prefer to die—these, the weak, inevitably fail the trial of water. The victors are received in the Children's Hall with cosmic celebrations.
TEST OF EARTH
We must learn to take advantage of the worst adversities. The worst adversities offer us the best opportunities. We must learn to smile in the face of adversity; that is the Law.
Those who succumb to pain in the face of the adversities of existence cannot pass the trial of earth victoriously.
The candidate in the higher worlds finds himself between two enormous mountains that close in threateningly. If the candidate screams in horror, he returns to the physical body, a failure. If he is serene, he emerges victorious and is received in the Children's Hall with great celebration and immense joy.
INITIATIONS OF THE MINOR MYSTERIES
When the candidate has overcome all the tests of introduction to the Path, he has full right to enter the Minor Mysteries. Each of the nine Initiations of the Minor Mysteries is received in the innermost Consciousness. If the student has a good memory, he can bring the memory of these initiations to the physical brain. When the candidate's memory is poor, the poor neophyte ignores in the physical world everything he learns and receives from the higher worlds. Those who wish to be aware in the physical world and not to ignore of nothing that happens to them in the Initiation must develop their memory. It is urgent that the candidate learn to consciously get out in the Astral Body. It is urgent that the candidate awaken his Consciousness.
The nine Initiations of the Minor Mysteries constitute the probationary path. The nine Initiations of the Minor Mysteries are for disciples on trial.
Married disciples who practice with the Arcanum A.Z.F. pass these nine elemental initiations very quickly. When the disciple is celibate and absolutely chaste, they also pass the nine initiations, although more slowly. Fornicators cannot receive any initiation.
INITIATIONS OF THE MAJOR MYSTERIES
There are five great Initiations of the Major Mysteries. There are seven serpents. Two groups of three, with the sublime coronation of the seventh tongue of fire that unites us with the One, with the Law, with the Father. We need to ascend the septenary scale of fire.
The First Initiation is related to the first serpent. The Second Initiation, with the second serpent. The Third Initiation, with the third serpent. The Fourth Initiation, with the fourth serpent. The Fifth Initiation, with the fifth serpent. (The sixth and seventh belong to the Buddhi or Soul-Consciousness, and to the Atman or Innermost of the human being.)
FIRST INITIATION OF THE MAJOR MYSTERIES
The first serpent corresponds to the physical body. It is necessary to lift the first serpent through the medullary canal of the physical body. When the serpent reaches the magnetic field of the root of the nose, the candidate for the First Initiation of the Major Mysteries arrives. The Soul and the Spirit convene before the Great White Lodge without the bodies of sin and in the complete absence of ego. They gaze upon each other, love each other, and merge like two flames that, when united, form a single flame. Thus, the divine hermaphrodite is born. He receives a throne to command, and a temple to officiate. We must become kings and priests of Nature according to the Order of Melchizedek. Whoever receives the First Initiation of the Major Mysteries receives the Flaming Sword, which gives him power over the four elements of Nature. It is necessary to intensely practice Sexual Magic to lift the serpent upon the rod, just as Moses did in the desert. Love is the basis and foundation of Initiation. It is necessary to know how to love. The struggle for the ascension of the serpent is very difficult. The serpent must ascend slowly, degree by degree. There are thirty-three vertebrae. There are thirty-three degrees. The dark ones attack us terribly in each vertebra. The Kundalini rises very slowly in accordance with the merits of the heart. We need to put an end to all our sins.
It is urgent to tread the path of the most absolute sanctity. It is essential to practice Sexual Magic without animal desire. We must not only kill desire, but even the very shadow of desire. We need to be like a lemon. The sexual act must become a true religious ceremony. Jealousy must be eliminated. Know that passionate jealousy destroys the peace of the home.
SECOND INITIATION OF MAJOR MYSTERIES
The second serpent ascends with great difficulty through the medullary canal of the Etheric Body. When the second serpent reaches the magnetic field of the root of the nose, the Initiate enters the temple to receive the Second Initiation of Major Mysteries. It is good to note that the human personality does not enter the temple. She remains at the door, arranging her business with the Lords of Karma.
Inside the temple, the Innermost, along with its Etheric Body, is Initiated. That is, the Innermost is clothed in the etheric body for Initiation. This is how the Etheric Body is Christified. In the Second Initiation, the Soma Puchicón, the Wedding Garment of the Soul, is born. The Golden Body. This vehicle is made up of the two higher ethers. The Etheric Body has four ethers, two higher and two lower. With the Wedding Garment of the Soul, we can penetrate all the departments of the Kingdom.
This initiation is very difficult. The student is severely tested. If victorious, the Midnight Sun shines, and from it descends the five-pointed star with its central eye. This star rests on the neophyte's head to approve him. The result of victory is Initiation.
THIRD INITIATION OF THE MAJOR MYSTERIES
The third serpent ascends through the medullary channel of the astral spectrum. The third serpent must reach the magnetic field of the root of the nose and then descend from there to the heart through a secret path in which there are seven holy chambers.
When the third serpent reaches the heart, a most beautiful child is born, the Astral Christ. The result of all this is Initiation. The neophyte must pass through the entire Drama of the Passion of Christ in the Astral Body. He must be crucified, die, and be buried; he must be resurrected; he must also descend into the abyss and remain there for forty days before the Ascension.
The supreme ceremony of the Third Initiation is received with the Astral Christ. Sanat Kummara, the Ancient of Days, appears on the altar to confer Initiation upon us.
Everyone who reaches the Third Initiation of the Greater Mysteries receives the Holy Spirit.
It is necessary to know how to love women to achieve this initiation. Sexual union must be filled with immense love.. Every kiss, every word, every caress must be completely free of desire. Animal desire is a very serious obstacle to Initiation.
Many puritans reading these lines will not call us immoral. However, these people are not scandalized by brothels and prostitutes.. They hate us but are incapable of abhorring their own sins. They condemn us because we preach the divinity of Sex, but they are incapable of condemning their own fornication. That is humanity.
FOURTH INITIATION OF MAJOR MYSTERIES
When the fourth serpent has achieved ascent through the medullary channel of the mental body, then comes the Fourth Initiation of Major Mysteries. The fourth serpent also reaches between the eyebrows and descends to the heart.
In the world of the mind, Sanat Kummara always welcomes the candidate, saying: “You have freed yourselves from the four bodies of sin. You are a Buddha. You have entered the world of the gods. You are a Buddha. Anyone who is freed from the four bodies of sin is a Buddha. You are a Buddha. You are a Buddha.”
The cosmic celebration of this initiation is grand. The entire world, the entire universe, trembles with joy, saying: “A new Buddha is born.” The Divine Mother Kundalini presents her son in the temple, saying: “This is my beloved son. This is a new Buddha. This is a new Buddha. This is a new Buddha.” The holy women congratulate the candidate with a holy kiss. The celebration is so divine. The Great Masters of the mind draw from within the mental spectrum the beautiful Child of the Christ Mind. This is born in the Fourth Initiation of the Greater Mysteries. Everyone who receives the Fourth Initiation attains Nirvana. Nirvana is the world of the holy gods.
Whoever attains the Fourth Initiation receives the Globe of the Imperator of the Mind. Upon this globe shines the sign of the Cross.
The mind must be crucified and stigmatized in the Initiation.
In the world of the mind, the Universal Fire sparkles. Each of the thirty-three chambers of the mind teaches us terrible truths.
THE FIFTH INITIATION OF THE GREATEST MYSTERIES
The fifth serpent ascends through the medullary canal of that Embryo of the Soul that we have incarnated. The fifth serpent must reach the space between the eyebrows and then descend to the heart.
In the Fifth Great Initiation, the Body of Conscious Will is born. Everyone born in the World of Conscious Will inevitably incarnates their Soul. Everyone who incarnates their Soul becomes a true Souled Man. Every truly Immortal and complete Man is a true Master. Before the Fifth Initiation of the Greater Mysteries, no one should be called Master.
In the Fifth Initiation, we learn to do the will of the Father. We must learn to obey the Father. That is the Law.
In the Fifth Initiation, we must choose one of the two paths: remain in Nirvana, enjoying the infinite bliss of the Sacred Space that has no limits, sharing with the ineffable gods, or renounce that immense bliss and remain living in this valley of tears to help poor, suffering humanity. This is the long and bitter path of duty. Anyone who renounces Nirvana for love of humanity, after Nirvana won and lost for love of humanity, later gains the Venustic Initiation.
Anyone who receives the Venustic Initiation embodies the Inner Christ. There are millions of Buddhas in Nirvana who have not incarnated the Christ. It is better to renounce Nirvana for love of humanity and have the joy of incarnating the Christ. The Christ Man enters the worlds of super-nirvanic happiness, and later the Absolute.
THE PERFECT MARRIAGE
The Path of Cosmic Realization is the path of the Perfect Marriage. Victor Hugo, the great Initiated Humanist, said the following:
MAN AND WOMAN
By Victor Hugo
Man is the highest of creatures.
Woman is the most sublime of ideals.
God made a throne for man; For woman, an altar.
The throne exalts; the altar sanctifies.
Man is the brain.
Woman is the heart.
The brain creates light; the heart produces love.
Light fertile; love resurrects.
Man is strong through reason.
Woman is invincible through tears.
Reason convinces; tears move.
Man is capable of all heroisms.
Woman of all martyrdoms.
Heroism ennobles; martyrdom sublimates.
Man has supremacy.
Woman, preference.
Supremacy means strength; preference represents right.
Man is a genius.
Woman is an angel.
Genius is immeasurable; the Angel is indefinable.
Man's aspiration is supreme glory.
Woman's aspiration is extreme virtue.
Glory makes everything great; Virtue makes everything divine.
Man is a code.
Woman is a gospel.
The code corrects; the gospel perfects.
Man thinks.
Woman dreams.
To think is to have a larva in one's skull; to dream is to have a halo on one's forehead.
Man is an ocean.
Woman is a lake.
The ocean has the pearl that adorns; the lake the poetry that dazzles.
Man is the eagle that flies.
Woman is the nightingale that sings.
To fly is to dominate space. To sing is to conquer the soul.
Man is a temple.
Woman is the tabernacle.
Before the Temple we uncover; before the Tabernacle we kneel.
In short: man is placed where the earth ends.
Woman where heaven begins.
These sublime phrases from the great humanist Initiate Victor Hugo invite us to live the Path of the Perfect Matrimony.
Blessed be Love. Blessed are the beings who adore each other.
FOOD FOR THE SERPENT
The entire Initiatory Path is based on the Serpent. It has its special cosmic nourishment. There are five known basic elements upon which the Serpent feeds, namely: philosophical earth, the elemental water of the Sages, elemental fire, elemental air, and ether. The Elementals of Nature live in these elements. The Gnomes inhabit the philosophical earth. The Undines live in water. The Sylphs in air, etc.
The Gnomes work within the bowels of the Great Mountain Range. This is the spinal cord. All the work the Gnomes perform consists of transmuting the lead of the personality into the gold of the spirit. The raw material is the seminal liquor. The laboratory furnace is the coccygeal chakra. Water is the seminal liquor, and the sympathetic cords constitute the great chimney through which the seminal vapors ascend to the distiller of the brain. All the work of the Gnomes is alchemical. Metallic transmutation is the basis of Initiation. Raw material must be transmuted into philosophical gold.
The Gnomes need the fire of the Salamanders and the water of the Undines. The Gnomes also need the vital air and the sympathetic Sylphs of the mind, to propel the seminal vapors inward and upward. ( Two cords that come out around the spinal cord which are the two witnesses, Ida and Pingala and whose middle channel is the Shusuma channel through which the divine serpent ascends.) The result is the transmutation of lead into gold. When the Initiate's aura is pure gold, the Work has been fully accomplished.
The region of earth extends from the feet to the knees: Its Mantra is LA. The region of water is located between the knees and the anus. Its Mantra is VA. The region of fire is located between the anus and the heart. Its Mantra is RA. The region of air is between the heart and the space between the eyebrows. Its fundamental Mantra is YA. The region of Ether extends from the space between the eyebrows to the top of the head and its Mantra is HA.
The Fire Serpent is nourished by these five basic elements. Now we understand why the neophyte must pass the tests of Earth, Water, Fire, and Air. The purifications and sanctifications related to these elements of Nature nourish the Serpent and allow it to ascend the sacred mountain range of the spinal cord. The Serpent's ascent is impossible without the purifications and sanctifications of these four elements. Brahma is the God of Earth; Narayana is the God of Water; Rudra is the God of Fire; Ishwara is the God of Air; Sudashiva is the God of Ether.
By meditating on these ineffable gods, we can obtain their help in awakening the chakras, wheels, or disks of the Vital Body. It is advisable to vibrate these magnetic centers to prepare them for the advent of fire. Meditate and vocalize the mantra of each element. Focus your attention on each of these elemental gods and pray for their help in awakening your chakras; thus, you will become practical occultists.
The Earth has nine strata, and the ninth is the laboratory of the Third Logos. Actually, the ninth stratum of the Earth is at the very center of the planetary mass. There lies the Holy Eight. This is the divine symbol of Infinity. In this symbol, the brain, heart, and sex of the planetary genius are represented. The name of this genius is Chamgam. The center of the Holy Eight corresponds to the heart, and the upper and lower extremes correspond to the brain and sex, respectively. On this basis, all beings on Earth are organized.
The Sacred Serpent coils in the heart of the Earth, precisely in the Ninth Sphere. It is sevenfold in its constitution, and each of its seven fiery aspects corresponds to each of the seven serpents of Man.
The Creative Energy of the Third Logos elaborates the chemical elements of the Earth, with all their multifaceted complexity of forms. When this Creative Energy withdraws from the center of the Earth, our world will then become a corpse: this is how worlds die.
The serpentine fire of Man emanates from the serpentine fire of the Earth. The terrible Serpent sleeps deeply within its mysterious nest of strange, hollow spheres, truly resembling a true Chinese puzzle. These are astral and subtle concentric spheres. Truly, just as the Earth has nine concentric spheres, and at the bottom of each is the Serpent, so too does man, for this is the Microcosm of the Macrocosm.
Man is a Universe in miniature. The infinitely small is analogous to the infinitely large.
Hydrogen, Carbon, Nitrogen, and Oxygen are the four basic elements with which the Third Logos works. The chemical elements are arranged in order of their atomic weights. The lightest is Hydrogen, whose atomic weight is 1, and ends with Uranium, whose atomic weight is 238.5 and is in fact the heaviest of the known elements.
Electrons constitute a bridge between Spirit and Matter. Hydrogen itself is the most rarefied element known, the first manifestation of the Serpent. Every element, every food, every organism is synthesized in a certain type of Hydrogen. Sexual Energy corresponds to Hydrogen 12, and its musical note is B.
Solar electronic matter is the sacred fire of the Kundalini. When we release this energy, we enter the path of Authentic Initiation.
THE CHAC MOOL
The Chac Mool of Aztec Mexico is marvelous. The Chac Mool truly existed; he was an incarnated Adept, one of the great Initiates of the powerful serpentine civilization of ancient Mexico and of the great Tenochtitlan.
The tomb of Chac Mool was discovered, and his remains were found. Thus, there is no doubt that Chac Mool really existed. If we observe the figure in which Chac Mool is lying, we will see that he is lying in the same position in which the Egyptian Initiates lay when they wanted to leave the Astral Body, reciting the mantra FA-RA-ON. However, something curious appears in Chac Mool's navel: it is a bowl or container, as if for receiving something. The solar plexus is truly marvelous, and Chac Mool left humanity with a great lesson.
The Kundalini, or Fiery Serpent of our magical powers, has a great reservoir of solar energy in the navel region, in the solar plexus chakra. This magnetic center is very important in Initiation, because it is it that receives the primary energy, which is subdivided into ten splendorous radiations. This primary energy circulates through the secondary nerve channels, animating and nourishing all the chakras. The solar plexus is governed by the sun. If the student wishes to have vigorous, truly objective clairvoyance in the fullest sense of the word, he or she must learn to bring solar energy from its reservoir in the solar plexus to the frontal chakra. The mantra SUI-RA is the key that allows us to draw solar energy from the solar plexus and bring it to the frontal center. Vocalize it like this: SUIIIIIIIII RAAAAAAAAA. One hour daily will result in the positive awakening of the frontal chakra. If we want solar power for the throat chakra, we will vocalize the mantra SUE-RA like this: SUEEEEEEEE RAAAAAAAAA. If we need solar energy for the lotus of the heart, we will vocalize the mantra SUO-RA like this: SUOOOOOOOO RAAAAAAAAA. Everything is summarized in the great SUA-RA, where, according to the Vedas and the Sastras, the silent Gandarva (celestial musician) is located. It is necessary to know how to utilize the solar energy deposited in the solar plexus. It is advisable for aspirants for Initiation to lie supine, feet on the bed, knees raised. (See the figure of the Chac Mool.) It is clear that by placing the soles of the feet on the bed, the knees are raised, pointing toward the sky, toward Urania.
The aspirant in this position will imagine that the energy of the sun penetrates their solar plexus, causing it to vibrate and rotate from left to right like the hands of a clock when we look at it head-on. This exercise can be done for one hour daily. The basic mantra of this magnetic center is the vowel U. This vowel can be vocalized by lengthening the sound like this: UUUUUUUU. A well-awake solar plexus wonderfully animates all the chakras of the organism. This is how we prepare for Initiation.
Chac Mool was venerated throughout serpentine Mexico. Two warrior castes worshipped him. Chac Mool was carried in grand processions and entered Aztec temples, adored by the multitudes. Prayers were also made to him, asking for rain for the earth. This great Master helps those who invoke him. Amulets could be made with the figure of Chac Mool to be worn around the neck in the form of a medallion, or small sculptures of Chac Mool could be made.
SERPENTINE CIVILIZATIONS
Authentic Initiation was received in the great Mystery temples of the serpentine civilizations. Only serpentine civilizations are truly civilizations.
It is necessary that the vanguard of human civilization, made up of all our beloved brothers and sisters, Theosophists, Rosicrucians, Hermetic Yogis, Spiritualists, etc., etc., abandon their old prejudices and fears to unite and create together a new serpentine civilization. It is urgent to know that the current barbarism falsely called modern civilization is approaching its final catastrophe. The world is struggling in horrific chaos, and if we truly want to save it, we need to unite to create a serpentine civilization: the civilization of Aquarius. We need to make efforts to save the world because so far all is lost.
THE EXOTERIC CIRCLE AND THE ESOTERIC CIRCLE
Humanity develops in two circles: the exoteric and the esoteric. The exoteric is the public. The esoteric is the secret. In the exoteric lives the multitude. In the esoteric, the Adepts of the great white brotherhood. It is the duty of all Initiated brothers to assist those in the public circle. It is necessary to bring many into the secret circle of the White Brotherhood.
The Initiatory path is a true Revolution of Consciousness. This Revolution has three perfectly defined aspects: First, Birth; Second, Death; Third, Sacrifice ourselves for Humanity, give our lives for humanity, strive to bring others to the secret path.
Birth is an absolutely sexual problem. Dying is the work of dissolving the self, the Ego. Sacrifice for others is Love.
In the public sphere, there are thousands of schools, books, sects, contradictions, theories, etc. This is a labyrinth from which only the strongest emerge. All these schools are truly useful. In all of them, we find grains of truth. All religions principals are holy and divine; they all need each other. However, the secret path is only found by the strongest. This path is hated to death by the infra-sexuals. They feel more perfect than the Third Logos. They will never be able to find the Secret Path, the Path of the Razor's Edge. The Secret Path is Sex. Through this narrow, strait, and difficult path, we reach the esoteric circle: The Sanctum Regnum Dei, Magis Regnum.
THE CHAKRAS AND THE PLEXUS
The candidate for Initiation must thoroughly understand the position of the chakras and plexuses.
The fundamental one is at the base of the spinal cord, coccyx.
The second center is the prostate and uterus plexus. This center obeys the solar plexus.
The umbilical plexus is located at the navel. Solar plexus.
The cardiac plexus is located at the heart, eighth cervical plexus. Cardiac plexus is located at the heart.
The laryngeal plexus is located at the throat, thyroid gland, third cervical plexus. Pharyngeal plexus is located at the throat.
The frontal plexus is located at the space between the eyebrows, carotid plexus.
The one related to the Pineal Gland
It is essential to know that the chakras and plexuses are connected by nerve cords.
As the Serpent ascends through the spinal cord, the spinal chakras are activated, and by induction the plexuses are activated. The chakras are in the cerebrospinal nervous system, and the plexuses are in the sympathetic nervous system.
As the Serpent ascends through the spinal canal, it successively activates the spinal churches or chakras. These, in turn, through electrical induction, then vibrate their corresponding sympathetic plexuses. It is urgent to know that each spinal chakra and each sympathetic plexus are sevenfold in their internal constitution, just as the sevenfold Fiery Serpent of our magical powers is.
The first Serpent opens the chakras in the physical world. The second in the Etheric. The third in the Astral. The fourth in the Mental. The fifth in the Causal. The sixth in the Buddhic, and the seventh in the Intimate,. This process is the same for the plexuses, because the chakras or churches are connected to the plexuses by their nerve branches.
The Initiate should not despair, then, because the first Serpent has not opened the astral chakras. These are only opened with the third Serpent, that of the Astral. With the first, only the physical counterparts in the Intimate are opened. Keep in mind that the Intimate is the physical counterpart.
CLARIFICATIONS
Initiation cannot be bought with money or sent by mail or email. Initiation cannot be bought or sold. Initiation is your very life, accompanied by temple festivals in the inner worlds.
It is necessary to distance ourselves from all those impostors who sell initiations. It is urgent to distance ourselves from all those who give initiations by mail.
Initiation is something very intimate, very secret, very divine. Flee from anyone who says: "I have so many initiations, so many degrees."
Stay away from anyone who says, "I am a Master of the Greater Mysteries; I have received so many initiations."
Remember, dear reader, that the self, the ego, the personality, does not receive initiations.
Initiation is a matter of the Innermost. Matters of the Consciousness, extremely delicate matters of the Soul. These things are not talked about. No true Adept would ever say phrases like this: "I am a Master of the White Lodge," "I have such and such a degree," "I have so many initiations," "I have such and such powers." Etc., etc.
THE PROBLEM OF INTERNAL ILLUMINATION
Many occult students seek inner enlightenment, and suffer terribly because, despite many years of esoteric study and practice, they remain as blind and unaware as when they began reading the first books. We, the Brothers of the Temple, know from our own experience that the heart chakra is crucial for inner enlightenment. The Shiva Samhita, a great Hindu book, speaks at length about the benefits a yogi obtains from meditating on the tranquil heart chakra: “The yogi acquires immense knowledge, knows the past, present, and future; he has clairaudience and clairvoyance and can travel through the air wherever he pleases. He sees the Adepts and the yogic goddesses; he obtains the faculty called Khechari (moving through the air) and Bhuchari (traveling at will to all parts of the world).”
Those who wish to learn to get out in the Astral Body at will; those who wish to enter the Science of Jinas (to put the physical body to upper dimensions of nature ) to learn how to enter the fourth-fifth dimension with their physical body and transport themselves anywhere in the world with a physical body without needing an airplane; those who urgently need clairvoyance and clairaudience must daily concentrate their mind on the heart chakra and meditate deeply on that marvelous center. A daily hour of meditation in this center is wonderful. The mantra for this chakra is the vowel O, which is vocalized by lengthening the sound like this: OOOOOOO.
We must pray to Christ, asking Him to awaken our heart chakra during the practice indicated here.
SUMMARY OF THE FIVE GREAT INITIATIONS
The First Initiation. The Intimate and the Soul Consciousness (Budhi) merge, thus forming a new Initiate. One more who has entered the current.
Second Initiation. The Etheric Body called Soma Puchicón is born.
Third Initiation. The chakras of the Astral Body open, and the Astral Christ is born as a child full of beauty.
Fourth Initiation. The Mental Christ is born as a precious child. The Initiate has been born as a new Buddha.
Fifth Initiation. The Human Soul or Causal Body, or Body of Will, merges with the Inner Master, who is Atman Buddhi (Intimate and Consciousness). Thus, the three flames become one. This is a new and legitimate Master of the Greater Mysteries of the White Lodge. Whoever reaches the Fifth Initiation can enter Nirvana. Whoever reaches the Fifth Initiation is born in the Causal Body. Whoever reaches the Fifth Initiation embodies the Soul. Only one who reaches the Fifth Initiation is a Man with a Soul, that is, a true Man.
THE VEHICLES OF FIRE
The authentic and legitimate Astral, Mental, and Causal vehicles are born with Sexual Magic. It is obvious that during intercourse between a man and a woman, the aura of the spouses opens completely; then marvelous psychic fertilizations can occur deep within us; the final result is precisely the birth of our legitimate Astral Body, and later, in successive order, the birth of the other bodies.
PATIENCE AND TENACITY
Powers are not acquired by playing games. This is a matter of tremendous patience. The fickle, those who are always seeking results, those who after a few months of practice are already demanding manifestations, are truly not ready for the occult. People like that are not suited for these studies. People like that are not mature.. To walk the Path of the Razor's Edge, one needs the patience of Saint Job. To walk the Path of the Razor's Edge, one needs the tenacity of very well-tempered steel.
CONSCIOUS FAITH
People filled with doubt who delve into practical esotericism fail completely. Those who doubt our teachings are not prepared for the Path of the Razor's Edge. Such people are better off joining any religion and asking the Great Reality for the solar power of conscious faith. When they have achieved conscious faith, they are then ready to enter this narrow, tight, and difficult path. Those who doubt esotericism should not walk this difficult path until they have received the power of conscious faith. Faith is a marvelous solar power.
RELIGIONS AND SCHOOLS
All the religions and spiritual schools that exist in the world are very necessary and serve as a prelude to entering the hall of wisdom. We should never speak out against these schools and religions because they are all necessary to the world. In these schools and religions, we receive the first lights of spirituality. The serious thing would be a people without religion, a people where people dedicated to spiritual studies are persecuted. Truly, a people without religion principals is monstrous. Every human group needs its school, its religion, its sect, its instructors, etc. Every human group is different, and therefore different schools and religions are needed.
Those who walk the Path of Initiation must know how to respect the beliefs of others.
CHARITY
Those who walk the path of the Perfect Matrimony must develop charity. Cruel and heartless people do not progress on this path. It is urgent to learn to love and always be ready to give even the last drop of blood for others. The warmth of charity opens all the doors of the heart. The warmth of charity brings solar faith to the Mind. Charity is Conscious Love. The fire of charity develops the heart chakra. The fire of charity allows the sexual Serpent to ascend rapidly through the spinal canal. Those who wish to advance quickly along the Path of the Razor's Edge must practice Sexual Magic intensely and surrender themselves completely to the great Universal Charity. Thus, by sacrificing himself absolutely for his fellow human beings and giving his blood and life for them, will be christified.
PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENT
Every sensation is an elemental change in the state of the psyche. Sensations exist in each of the six basic dimensions of Nature and Man, all of them accompanied by elemental changes in the psyche.
The sensations we experience always leave a trace in our memory. We have two types of memory: spiritual and animal. The first preserves the memories of sensations experienced in the higher dimensions of space. The second preserves the memory of physical sensations. The memories of sensations constitute perceptions.
Every physical or psychic perception is actually the memory of a sensation.
The memories of sensations are organized into groups that associate or dissociate, attract or repel each other.
Sensations are bi-polarized into two perfectly defined currents. The first obeys the character of the sensations. The second obeys the time of reception of the sensations.
The sum total of several sensations transformed into a common cause is projected externally as an object. So we say: this tree is green, tall, short, has a pleasant smell, a pleasant smell, etc. When perception occurs in the astral or mental world, we say: this object or subject has such qualities, such color, etc. In the latter case, the sum total of sensations is internal, and their projection is also internal; it belongs to the fourth, fifth, or sixth dimensions, etc. We see physical perceptions with the physical apparatus, and psychic perceptions with the psychic apparatus. Just as we have physical senses of perception, we also have psychic senses of perception. Everyone who walks the Path of Initiation must develop these psychic senses.
Concepts are always formed from the memories of perceptions. Thus, the concepts emitted by the great Adepts who founded religions are due to the transcendental memories of their psychic perceptions.
The formation of perceptions leads to the formation of words and the emergence of language. The formation of internal perceptions leads to the formation of the Mantric language, and to the appearance of the golden language in which the Adepts and Angels speak.
The existence of language is impossible without concepts, and there are no concepts without perceptions. Those who cast concepts upon the inner worlds without ever having perceived them usually distort reality, even if they have good intentions.
At the elementary levels of psychic life, many sensations are expressed with cries, screams, sounds, etc., which reveal joy or terror, pleasure or pain. This happens in the physical world as well as in the inner worlds.
The appearance of language represents a shift in Consciousness. Likewise, when the disciple begins to speak in the universal cosmic language, a shift in Consciousness has occurred. Only the Universal Fire of the Serpent and the dissolution of the reincarnating Ego can bring about such a shift.
Concept and word are one and the same substance. The concept is internal, and the word is external. This process is similar at all levels of Consciousness and in all dimensions of space. Ideas are merely abstract concepts. Ideas are larger concepts and belong to the world of spiritual archetypes. All things existing in the physical world are copies of these archetypes. During Shamadi, the Initiate can visit the world of spiritual archetypes through astral or super-astral journeys.
The mystical content of transcendental sensations and emotions cannot be expressed in common language. Words can only suggest them, point them out. Truly, only the Royal Art of Nature can define these superlative and transcendental emotions. Royal Art was known in every serpentine civilization. The pyramids of Egypt and Mexico, the ancient Sphinx, the ancient monoliths, the sacred hieroglyphs, the sculptures of the gods, etc., are archaic witnesses of the Royal art that speaks only to the Consciousness and the ears of the Initiates. The Initiate learns this royal art during mystical ecstasy.
Space, with its properties, is a form of our sensitive receptivity. We verify this when, through the development of the chakras, we come to perceive all space in a four-five-dimensional form, instead of the three-dimensional form to which we were previously accustomed.
The characteristics of the world change when the psychic apparatus changes. The development of the chakras causes the world to change for the Initiate. With the development of the chakras, we eliminate the subjective elements of perception from our minds. Subjective is that which has no reality. Objective is that which is spiritual, that which is Real.
With the awakening of the chakras, through internal discipline, comes an increase in psychic characteristics. Novelty in the psychic realm obscures the changes that are simultaneously taking place in the perception of the physical world. The new is perceived, but the Initiate is unable to logically and axiomatically define the scientific difference between the old and the new. The result of such an inability is a lack of perfect conceptual balance. It is, therefore, urgent to achieve conceptual balance so that the doctrinal exposition of the Initiates can properly fulfill its purpose.
The change of Consciousness is the true goal of esoteric discipline.
We need Cosmic Consciousness. This is the meaning of a Consciousness of the Cosmos; this is the life and order of the Universe.
Cosmic Consciousness brings into existence a new type of intellectualism: enlightened intellection. This faculty is a characteristic of the Superman. There are three types of Consciousness. First: Simple Consciousness. Second: Individual Self-Consciousness. Third: Cosmic Consciousness. The first is possessed by beasts. The second by the intellectual animal called man. The third is possessed by the Gods. When Cosmic Consciousness is born in Man, he feels internally as if the fire of the Serpent were consuming him. The flash of Brahmanic splendor penetrates his mind and Consciousness, and from that moment he is initiated into a new and higher order of ideas. Brahmanic delight has the flavor of Nirvana.
When the Initiate has been illuminated by the Brahmanic fire, he enters the esoteric or secret circle of humanity. In that circle we find an ineffable family, made up of those ancient Hierophants known throughout the world as Avatars, Prophets, Gods, etc. The members of this distinguished family are found among all the advanced races of the human species. These beings are the founders of Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, Sufism, etc., etc. Truly, these beings are few, but despite their fewness, they are truly the directors and rulers of the human species.
Cosmic Consciousness has infinite degrees of development. The Cosmic Consciousness of a new Initiate is inferior to that of an Angel, and that of an Angel cannot have the development of that of an Archangel. In this, there are degrees and degrees. This is Jacob's Ladder.
It is impossible to reach Cosmic Consciousness without holiness. It is impossible to achieve holiness without Love. Love is the path to holiness. The most grandiose form of manifestation of Love is achieved during Sexual Magic. In these moments, man and woman are a single hermaphroditic being, terribly divine.
Sexual Magic provides all the internal conditions needed to receive Brahmanic splendor.
Sexual Magic provides the devotee with all the fiery elements necessary for the birth of Cosmic Consciousness.
For the emergence of Cosmic Consciousness, a certain culture is required: the education of the elements congenial to Cosmic Consciousness, and the elimination of those elements contrary to Cosmic Consciousness.
The most characteristic traits of those individuals prepared to receive Cosmic Consciousness are that they view the world as Maya (Illusion). They sense that the World, as people see it, is only an illusion, and they seek the Great Reality, the Spiritual, the True, that which is beyond illusion. For the birth of Cosmic Consciousness, it is necessary for man to surrender himself fully to the spiritual, to the internal.
Sexual Magic provides the Initiate with all the possibilities required to achieve Brahmanic splendor and the birth of Cosmic Consciousness. It is urgent that Sexual Magic be combined with internal meditation and sanctity. In this way, we prepare ourselves to receive Brahmanic splendor.
Truly, Angels are perfect men. Whoever achieves the perfect state of Man becomes an Angel. Those who claim that the Angel is inferior to man are falsifying the truth. No one can achieve the angelic state without first achieving the state of Perfect Man. No one can achieve the state of Perfect Man without first incarnating his Soul. This is a sexual problem. Only in True Men is the Angel born. Only in True Men is Cosmic Consciousness born.
SAMAEL AUN WEOR-RED CHRIST OF AQUARIUM.
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