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21: Mudras & Hand Symbolism: Hand Mysteries? Part 1
[Note: This paper contains images which may be seen as originally published at our website]Before we begin discussing mudras, let us first consider some interesting topics concerning hands. This and the following article will be d... (View article)

22: Mudras & Hand Symbolism: What Are Mudras? Part 2
[Note: This paper contains images which may be seen as originally published at our website]The Various TraditionsIn these series of articles we shope to describe the mudra practices to be found in various religious practices, such... (View article)

23: Mudras & Hand Symbolism: What Are Mudras? Part 1
[Note: This paper contains images which may be seen as originally published at our website]When we study Eastern philosophies, beliefs, culture, and the pragmatic yogic methods of Hinduism and Buddhism, we often come across practi... (View article)

24: Glimpses of Esoteric Christianity Part 7
The exoteric Church teaches that those who believe in the man Jesus would eventuate in the physical resurrection of their decaying flesh or bones at the day of reckoning. We would all inherit or rather enter into God's kingdom, if... (View article)

25: Glimpses of Esoteric Christianity Part 6
Perfection"Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." (Matt 5:48)The Nazarene Master uttered the above verse to the masses, who for centuries have overlooked the significance and importance of the... (View article)

26: Glimpses of Esoteric Christianity Part 5
The comprehension of Karma as revealed to the masses by Jesus is an improvement of the old interpretation and understanding of the principle of a previous dispensation of "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth," as given to the I... (View article)

27: Glimpses of Esoteric Christianity Part 4
ReincarnationEverything in this universe is in motion. Movement produces change, or transformation. This is an eternal constant, a Law of the Cosmos, and it is immutable. The process of transformation occurs in stages, phases, and... (View article)

28: Glimpses of Esoteric Christianity Part 3
Man's FallThere are several versions and interpretations concerning Man's Fall to be found in the Western Tradition.This particular doctrine can be said to be the foundation from which all other doctrines and tenets of esotericism... (View article)

29: Glimpses of Esoteric Christianity Part 2
He who attunes with the harmony of the Cosmos, with Tao, with the Divine I AM, feeds and expands the flame--like the Colombes tending the sacred fire in Vesta's temple--which results in a greater manifestation of God, the Shekinah... (View article)

30: Glimpses of Esoteric Christianity Part 1
EsotericismThere is more to Truth and Reality than what elementary minds would want to pursue and consider. It often seems more comfortable to sit in the dark where we see nothing than to face the blinding light. Is the blindness ... (View article)

31: The Awareness of Metaphysical Laws and Principles Part 5
DISCUSSIONSHumanity as a whole is experiencing a cosmic slumber in which the Real is forsaken and the dream of Maya, of illusions, delusions and glamors perpetuated. In this prolonged dream human beings suffer, they experience pai... (View article)

32: The Awareness of Metaphysical Laws and Principles Part 4
Another point of considerable importance is in the realization that divine revelation is not a static impulse of a moment in time but one that is continuous in the unchanging background of eternity. Divine Laws are no respecters o... (View article)

33: The Awareness of Metaphysical Laws and Principles Part 3
There is a strong connection between the immaterial aspects of man and his physical constitution. The mind and emotions affect the somatic system via the vital body, the etheric body with its energy-centers and channels called in ... (View article)

34: The Awareness of Metaphysical Laws and Principles Part 2
Awareness of SelfMost people identify the lower components of their microcosmic being as the Self. This is a misconception that results in suffering and pain in everyday experiences. It also prolongs soul-bondage to matter, to May... (View article)

35: The Awareness of Metaphysical Laws and Principles Part 1
INTRODUCTIONThe upsurge of spiritual energies encircling our planet at this present time, has resulted in an awakening in humanity of the existence of higher realities. Whatever the cause of this spiritual conflagration in the hea... (View article)

36: Frauds in the Metaphysical Field Part 3
SOME POINTS TO CONSIDER AND REMEMBER1. Before looking for causes of your personal problems and their solutions in the metaphysical world and field, look for them in the physical realm. This also applies to phenomena that you may n... (View article)

37: Frauds in the Metaphysical Field Part 2
Another indication of the metaphysical fraud concerns the matter of apparel. Psychic cheaters normally wear robes and turbans and other fancy costumes to give the impression to people and their prospective clients that they are di... (View article)

38: Frauds in the Metaphysical Field Part 1
This is an important subject to address for like in every field of human endeavor, the metaphysical branch has its charlatans, scoundrels, and manipulators who are ever ready and eager to mislead the earnest seeker of Truth. Stude... (View article)

39: Evolutionary Becoming
Evolution is the movement of energy toward a higher expression or manifestation of a higher complex structure. Energy is always kinetic, though it may appear at times to be static or potential; it is constantly in movement, ceasel... (View article)

40: Magickal Oils of Indonesian Shamanism Part 2
Note: The following descriptions of the magickal oils contain foreign words and phrases (Javanese/Arabic/Indonesian)--they are left untranslated for proper identification of the oils and the mantras/prayers associated with them.Mi... (View article)