is a fact often mentioned in books on reincarnation that the part of ourselves we are accustomed to calling 'I' is gradually dissolved after death until nothing remains, while an eternal part, sometimes called However, although this fact is stated, it somehow fails to make an impact, with the result that we still A unusually clear explanation is given of how the fall of mankind occurred, and how the path back to

Introducing the esoteric ideas of the human being as a microcosm, his fall from Grace, his mortality, Introducing the esoteric ideas of man as a microcosm, his fall from Grace, his mortality, and his inner philosophical into the practical, ‘life’ is explained from its genesis to its current expression in form, all the while relating it to the underlying ‘laws’ that move, not only all of creation, but in particular

eyes of the heart and the wisdom of the head volume 35 nr 1 January/Fenruary 2013 Introduction Above all Leene 04 The legend of the Seven Sisters 08 The Cosmic Serpent and the Serpent People 14 The Fall 20 30 All movement comes to rest in the Buddha, the Spirit of the universe 37 Rosicrucian Enlightenment:

In many myths and legends that incident is referred to as a fall, a fall into a lower world. In the myth of the fall lies the foundation for that phase on the spiritual path which is called ‘the He is as fallen asleep in the slow world of coarse matter, and he cannot express his true self there. His heavenly body has fallen apart and his abilities to think, to feel and to want are shifted to the Since the beginning of ‘the fall’ the heavenly hierarchies have been working continuously to awaken fallen

The polluted astral sphere is the joint result of the downfall of the rebellious angels, the fall of which he calls the stump of Jesse. A symbolic tree resides in all of us, one that we could call – the tree of knowledge of good and evil fire that is ignited in Lucifer, and thus, relates to the downfall of the rebellious angels and the fall As autumn progresses, more and more leaves will fall from the tree, until it is virtually bare at the

suited to life in the physical world; and its astral counterpart, the once so glorious Tree of Life has fallen is fundamentally liberated from the ‘world of good and evil’ in which he became entangled after the fall Each fallen microcosm is destined to go this way, a way on which the personality is left behind on the The physical being, symbolised by the disciples, may fall into despair and uncertainty about the authenticity received him out of their sight, and as he went up some held him by the feet and others worshipped him, falling

He is called to cooperate in the implementation of the divine creation plan. Adam and his wife Eve only receive a material body, indicated as coats of animal skin, when after the fall ourselves: reawakening the powers from the microcosmic that it possessed in antiquity, from before the fall On every column a mysterious image had been painted, full of symbolism. For reward, the sum of all the good things that nature has dispersed over all parts of the earth shall

Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again and called Jesus and said to him, “Are you the King Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us’; and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’ He calls on the Sun.” For again and again the disciples fall asleep on the Mount of Olives because “the spirit is willing but But the disciples fall asleep: the normal waking consciousness cannot follow here, only the inner perception

received him out of their sight, and as he went up some held him by the feet and others worshipped him, falling Through ‘the fall’ not only the development of the original Man came to a halt but also that of the entire All visible and especially all invisible life in creation is waiting for the healing and restoration of all microcosms. the disintegrated heavenly body of the fallen original Man so that some of his microcosmic capabilities

As far as giving meaning to life is concerned, we may en- counter what we could call the science of the confine our sense of meaning exclusively to ‘leading a nice life’ and ‘having possessions’, our soul will fall And that is also the joyful message that is conveyed in all world religions. We can read about it in the downfall of the rebellious angels (Revelations 12) and the fall of man (Genesis Contrary to all other muscles, the muscle tissue does not age.