The International School of the Golden Rosycross, Lectorium Rosicrucianum

Initiation The tree is also associated with initiation. What is initiation anyway? In authentic spiritual traditions initiation primarily refers to self-initiation. Initiation is a victory over the four elements: earth, water, air and fire. This gnostic tradition emerged within Judaism and later on influenced esoteric movements within Hermetism

They can be seen as historical events but also as milestones on a gnostic spiritual path that we as human Those who follow such a path of initiation become completely different people.

In various Gnostic traditions it is taught that nine hierarchies of spiritual beings – also called hosts The essence of the soul is unity, freedom and love. The fig tree is an ancient symbol of initiation. Jesus symbolises the spirit-soul human being who has accepted the task of initiating into the Mysteries after the test such a mature human being is inevitably guided on a special path of life, the path of initiation

If you do not take the initiative, life will automatically do it for you. When one follows the Gnostic spiritual path however, these centres are purified and renewed so that they

soul Spiritual text: Zohar, highest grade of faith As a soul, you are called to be a link between the unity the world of the soul – the pure astral field of experience of the concrete archetypes, the field of unity healed’ and has forged the personality-soul, the soul and the spirit-soul into a harmonious and dynamic unity On the gnostic spiritual path, totally new spiritual powers will appear in a perfectly natural way – Surrender When the earthly personality-soul symbolically dies on the gnostic spiritual path, then such

for the rule and guidance of the Church Universal, that all may be perfected in their places in the Unity Reflection 8, for Easter Sunday: The Liberation Of The Inner Being The seven stages of the Christian initiation His court is the microcosm, which on the gnostic path is released from its imprisonment in the material It is gnosis. The resurrection is a phase in the development of humanity. It is like a first draught, the first taste of the real, living gnosis.

What initially began with a discussion on the abuses within the church, quickly degenerated into polarisation It is said that initially the tarot was not about cards, but about images in temples of the Egyptian Hermetic tarot An important aspect of the mystery path of pupils in an initiation school in ancient Egypt In the book ‘Egyptian mysteries – initiation in the esoteric tarot’ (1931) by the author Woldemar von the mutilations and distortions that have taken place, it is still possible today to delve into the gnostic

6 - Renewal through the six emanations Spiritual text: The Bible – Genesis 1:1-31 If you follow the gnostic The ones who preceded us on the gnostic spiritual journey created the circumstances, in their own personal Living exchange Soul development will soon be noticed in the aspect of the personality-soul when there you tame them, so that your individualised personality-soul, soul and spirit-soul will form a dynamic unity

Gnostic Christianity considers the birth of Jesus as the birth of the new soul in a person who became

In addition to these visions there is the gnostic Christian vision as expressed by Jesus in chapter 69