Contrast - 8th November, 2024

Arild Rosenkrantz 

Contrast is imperial to perspective - both visually and conceptually. 

Mental acuity, as well as the depth of one’s soul’s activity, is all about observation and contrast - and later, further to this, discernment and definition.

And for contrast we require light, and discernible, palpable substance.

It is with the power and blessing of the light there becomes suitable graduations of defining contrast: light in the world, light in the mind, light in the soul.

And then also, there needs be without and within us a panorama, a vista, a scenery of detail - a catalogue of knowledge to choose where to fix our outer gaze or inner vision; and this is of course the realm of experience whereby we carry within us the certain knowledge of that we have formerly experienced.

And once again it is the light - the divine light - that reveals and finesses this contrast with its revelation of detail.

We must not judge our brothers for lacking in discernment, wisdom, or common sense. For the most part they are truly doing their best, and unless they have fallen into depravity, their testing and trying in life is no more and no less than what it could or should be.

In other words one may become exasperated wondering how it is that another simply cannot see what you plainly can see - but not only is a point of reference required for this meeting of minds, but the contrast as well for like thinking to occur.

It truly is a fool’s pursuit trying to force this upon another and one could say a lack of contrast in and of itself. 

Prayer is the secretum, the ad hoc, and the great improviser.

Prayer unites all by drawing in the light - opening hearts and minds to the effulgent, the incandescent ways of insight and inner vision.

Through prayer the contrasting light pours forth out and into the world redefining its worth with every new lumen.

Perspective is important, but it cannot exist without the light itself - and the pathway to this light is prayer.

The New Jerusalem- 26th October 2024

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

-Lewis Carroll: Jabberwocky

Hans Georg Leiendecker

Whether we are aware of it or not, our dual existence is maintained ever throughout our lifetime of sleeping and waking; for this is an oscillation that perpetuates us forward.

And similarly, it will come to pass after death that there can be another dual existence, whereupon we are ‘awake’ and conscious, looking back into this world, and then for a period ‘sleeping’ and reaching into, and learning, in yet higher realms, and so forth.

This process, this passage of experience, truly nurtures and encourages the consciousness to grow in ways that living in a singular existence only could not.

It has been said that materialism is sclerosis of the soul i.e. that the focus on earthly life alone inters the mind, the consciousness; and the being who becomes so invested within only worldly parameters eventually finds that their thinking narrows, their consciousness thins, their social, moral and spiritual values are exchanged for investments in wealth and power.

Inevitably concerted efforts into wealth, for example, are not of themselves dangerous to the soul where there is attention and practice given to spiritual pursuits also, as well as a measure of benefaction.

The giver cannot do so merely as a shill but from true charity from the heart - for the heavens, and our own souls, will not be fooled.

Returning to materialism it is easy to see how inevitable it is for individuals to very quickly lose their sense of spiritual self and become entombed in the ideals of their own making.

One could say that the entrapments of the devil are very simple in this – and the hopeful who are excited with the glamour of lust's prospects all walk into an early grave.

For it is the spiritual worlds that sustain us – in every way.

Our journeys there during sleep truly provide the sustenance for our daily drive – the forces that motivate our limbs, and even that of our thinking, come from our gathering during the night when we are out and about our bodies.

The materialist however is often ‘earthbound’ to a great extent and could be mistaken as a ghoul or wraith in the neighbouring astral realm even whilst alive in the world.

For truly it is that what we focus upon we become and furthermore, who we focus upon (associate, assist, care for, pray for) broadens our own being and its reach.

Fundamentally selfishness in both rich and the poor is the cause of such misery (miser = misery) and in larger terms with broader reach the volatilities within countries and peoples are suffering generally because of this imbalance.

The New Jerusalem seeks to cohabit the souls of Community with the Heavenly perspective once again – bring into the world itself the forces required for its peoples to thrive.

And this is not reachable or achievable unless the hearts and hopes of men and women are once again enlightened and enlivened with the sweetness of true spiritual reward.

This: the experience of the greater expanses, the recognising of our beloved Christ within us, and our beloved Christ all about us, and the very simple truth understood that life itself is so much bigger than the temporal - as are we - gratefully, humbly, illumined for eternity.

Effluence- 22nd October, 2024

Evelyn de Morgan

Effluence is the run-off, and/or the expiration of the excess that departs the naturally divided waters, and many other substances besides. It generally goes its own way out from its source.

The frothy effluent on a beach or from a herbal medicinal compound contains extracts and properties that are now as the rarefied ethers - embellished and emboldened, enriched and if not contaminated, this shedding contains a wealth of dynamic properties carried through.

This form of extract has departed its natural ways and has been collectively composed.

Perfumery with all of its etheric vitality and cosmic exuberance is a succinct example of the powers of native effluence.

Homeopathy is a form of such extraction also becoming the potency- following the principles of the run-off, rather than the main.

For it is in the action of the departure we find such a critical change providing its gift to become so potent within our own homogeny thereby.

The distinction of this process is that the main body of substance is not the primary source, but rather that which comes from it: i.e. the fruit, the leaves, the flowers - the syrup (especially maple syrup) being the effulgent run-off from its host captivating this lively action and consolidating etherial and physical mineral properties that work stimulating and nourishing and imparting within the human system co-operatively - something of the nature of the Maple as well.

Effluence is a form of extraction that can be contextualised in mortal faith. It is not our thoughts or words that feed the world and the heavens above - it is the rarefied condensation overall - pertinent to its ‘currency’ of its living motion.

All acts of faith are dynamic: what may appear to be inwardly peaceful can be etherically very active - conversely where a mind/soul is in turmoil (perplexed, astrally desirous, angered, psychotic) they are almost etherically inert.

During a service of faith there is always a great spiritual activity all around - contrasting the gentle folk constrained to the quiet or the routines of recitals yet with the buzzing and lively ethers of many happy beings so surrounding.

The Good News & the Bad News-13th October 2024

Hans Georg Leiendecker

The true natures of some may not be as they appear, for there are indeed human beings who have lost their souls.

This disparity comes from abhorrent behaviour enacted by the lower consciousness.

The soul itself is not contaminated in this- having separated from the incarnating humanhood borne out of trauma and disgust - albeit of self, and not that of the World.

This is a slightly different take on the usual interpretation of what it means to ‘lose one’s soul’. For what we are explaining here is that the soul (although in a trouble all of its own) is fundamentally pure enough to evacuate its body and circumstance when life’s happenstance has been overtaken by the darker influences which thrive on death and sorrow.

When an individual in their early life leaves God, departing His ways, the soul along with their Angel needs must depart. For there comes a time for the wicked where their involvement forces the soul to abandon connection and association.

It is often said that the worst psychopath and murderers have come from cruel childhoods.

One cannot go into detail for that would provide a formula for those already given to evil - however it is enough to show that there are those who would perform unconscionable acts of injury to the innocent and take pleasure in their suffering and draw life from the ebb and flow of others, whereupon the ultimate desire is to separate men and women; and yes, even children, from their very souls.

And some of these individuals can appear to be whole humans - they may even conduct themselves successfully in all precincts of humanity; they may feign charm and work with a cunning - not all are brutes outwardly - but from our view it is plain who is and who isn’t as such amongst us.

This consideration is potentially as harmful as it is helpful, for we may look to our neighbour with suspicion or justify incarceration etc. depending on judgements which for most would be uncertain.

However you can know two things from this: one, the soul is safe and always so.

Christ holds our souls close and is protector to all.

Secondly, there are those within this World who have no conscience when it comes to the suffering of others and this alone can show you who they are, and sadly what they are likely to do and not do in their limited capacity - and, to be wary of such, for they do not care for humanity, and there are other forces and beings driving their passions, uncanny and godless, in abject masquerade.