Mysticisme

Join Ray Simpson in prayer as you follow the hidden way to spiritual life.Ray Simpson has spent his life following the mystic's path that lies hidden in the midst of everyday life. This path is also the heart of Celtic Christianity: simply following in Christ's footsteps in the ordinariness of life. From this perspective, everything becomes an act of spiritual meaning-getting up in the morning and going to bed at night, going to work and playing with children, suffering pain and rejoicing in pleasure, working together in friendships and families and communities.Ultimately, the hidden path is the way of love-love of God, love of other human beings, and love of all Creation, including our own selves. Love weaves through all Reality, expressed in souls and cells and societies. Love empowers us to walk confidently, even when the way ahead is obscured, for this is also the Path of Promise. As it leads us through the humdrum details of each day, our earthly lives participate in eternity. As John Chrysostom wrote in the fourth century, "Love brings us heaven."Knowing One of the hidden path,Infinite One of the wise heart,may I learn from night, may I learn from day.Show me your hidden path.

This is the first translation into English of Lazare Lenain's seminal work on the Shemhamephorash. 'The Science of the Kabbalah, or the Art of Knowing the Good Geniuses' was originally published in 1823. It was picked up by Papus when he was Grand Master of the Ordre Kabbalistique de la Rose-Croix and republished in 1909. Indeed, in his Preface he says: "No publication could benefit the progress of Kabbalistic studies more than the reissue of Lenain's very rare tract." Since then it has inspired such diverse esoteric characters as Samuel McGregor Mathers of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and Robert Ambelain of the Ordre Martiniste.Lenain's stated purpose in writing the book was to: "make the public aware of what Magic is, so that each may obtain a correct notion of it, for ignorance demonizes everything it doesn't understand." Indeed, these are words which are particularly relevant today, in an age where scholarship, intellect, science and principle are being sacrificed upon the altar of self-interest, division and destruction.He begins by discussing the power of numbers and an analysis of the Name of God, incorporating the sacred delta and, interestingly, using exactly the same phrase used by Lois-Clade de Saint-Martin: "God created all things by weight, number and measure." Indeed, much of his early chapters suggest a familiarity with his teachings, and this may be another reason Papus was a devotee of Lenain. He explains each of the twenty-two Hebrew letters in detail, as an introduction to their use to form the Shemhamephorash, or 72-lettered Name of God (which is actually 72 syllables, each composed of three letters taken from verses in the Book of Exodus. However, each set of three letters, with a suffix added to vivify it, creates 72 angels or geniuses associated with the circle of eternity, each ruling over 5 degrees of the circle. Lenain provides a simple method to identify the three Geniuses which rule over the various aspects of one's life, as well as a detailed description of the Sacred Calendar. The three Geniuses which impact an individual's life are the Elemental, the Astrological and the Divine. This knowledge can be used in a number of ways, from designing talismans for protection and good fortune, to knowing the best times to undertake travel, business venture and to avoid pitfalls.An extensive list of the attributes, characteristics, powers and associations of the 72 Geniuses or Angels makes up the bulk of the book, which provide the building block for all the operations and talismans which can be derived from each of the Geniuses. The Operator can elect to work with their personal Geniuses, or with one which has influence over a specific goal. He provides Tables which indicate the days and hours to perform the appropriate operations, together with the incense, animals, plants and minerals associated with the planetary forces. In this he draws extensively from older sources, in particular Agrippa's 'Occult Philosophy', Kircher's 'OEdipus Egyptiacus' and Dupuis' 'Origin of Cults'.Although he promises to provide all the information necessary to create talismans based on the 72 Geniuses, this part was to be provided in a second edition, which never materialized. To rectify this omission, the translator has provided a number of Appendices listing seals and sigils which can be used, ranging from the (in)famous list of Sigils from the Arsenal Library manuscript 2495, and Seals created by using the Golden Dawn formula of the Rosicrucian rose. Finally, he provides a new interpretation of the 72 Angelic Seals devised by Eliphas Lévi in his private notes of 1860 to one of his students, Baron Spedalieri, entitled 'Clefs Majeures et Clavicules de Salomon.'

The Irish scholar St. Aileran discusses the ancestry of Christ given in Matthew 1. However, he seeks to tie the Hebrew meaning of the name of Christ's ancestors with quote by Him during His lifetime and ministry.

This book is a collection of writings and personal memorabilia from Emanuel Swedenborg, an eighteenth-century Swedish scientist, philosopher, and mystic. It covers a range of topics related to his life and work, including his experiences of spiritual visions and his interactions with other notable figures of the time. This book offers a fascinating glimpse into the mind of an influential figure in Western spirituality.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.