Transfigurism

Spiritualism - a system of belief or religious practice based on supposed communication with the spirits of the dead, esp. through mediums.

Mysticism -  (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) a system of contemplative prayer and spirituality aimed at achieving direct intuitive experience of the divine

Occultism - 1. The study of the supernatural. 2. A belief in occult powers and the possibility of bringing them under human control.

The three "isms" defined above are the main avenues taken by humans who are trying to re-link with the divine - or so the practitioners may think. These three "isms" actually do nothing to lead man towards the Divine but, in truth, only serve to effect a further binding with the reflection-sphere, the other half of the material-sphere / reflection-sphere duality.

The true and ancient Path that can lead man back to the Divine Kingdom is the path of the transfigurist. This is the pure doctrine that Jesus taught to his apostles and disciples. That doctrine has been watered-down, mangled, mis-interpreted, mis-understood and mis-applied to such an extent over the past 2,000 years that it communicates barely a fraction of what it once revealed to man. Now we have churches and bishops of all descriptions, acting as "intermediaries" for humanity, as if the way to Divine Salvation had to go through them. Rubbish.

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Transfigurism - the art of raising up as Imperishable that which was sown as Perishable. The transformation of the mortal into the Immortal.

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Our era is marked by three great transfiguristic movements: that of the gnostics at the beginning of our era (1 A.D.); that of the Manichaeans who originated directly from the gnostics, and that of the Cathars. A fourth movement is now in the process of development. Between these great movements, the work never ceased but was dispersed and always continued on a small scale. In every century, notable workers were actively practicing this royal art; Karl Von Eckhartshausen, for example, at the end of the 18th century and Johann Valentin Andraea in the 17th century. However, the writings left behind by these workers have been badly distorted by the two-fold classical enemy.

That is another signature of which you should take note. All the literature of transfiguristic movements has either disappeared or may still be found in just a few libraries in a distorted or very veiled form.

Mani was murdered in the year 277, chiefly at the instigation of Persian occultists. The later brotherhood of the Manichaeans spread over the whole of Asia Minor, Africa and Southern Europe during the 4th century. They survived until the 6th century but thousands of them were then murdered at the direction of the Christian bishops, the Church, and the Persian magicians. Their literature was destroyed as far as possible. The nucleus of this Brotherhood withdrew to the Brotherhood of Shamballa in the Gobi desert. The Cathars, too, fared the same, and so it will go in the future also, as long as this dualistic nature-order continues to exist.

The noble threefold transfiguristic craft of insight, professing and striving passes like a breath from the heart of the Gobi over the entire world. It is withdrawn only to be sent out anew. It does not struggle -- it works! It does not fight -- and yet, it triumphs! All opposition only accentuates the ultimate victory.

Finally, we want to show you the transfiguristic character of the classical Gnosis by means of a short explanation. May this lead to your sharing with us the universal insight, to your sealing of the universal confession in your heart's blood and bringing to reality the universal striving, so that together we may prove to be true gnostics, true rosicrucians and true freemasons.

The classical Gnosis is the direct servant of the Universal Brotherhood. It always steps to the forefront in world history immediately after every fresh impulse of the great universal teachers. In the wake of such an impulse, it is the task of the gnostics to propagate among those who are receptive, deeper insights into the inner coherence of the True, Original Life. That is why the world has known many gnostic systems which, although differing externally, were in essence the same, and fulfilled the same Calling.

So when we speak of a Christian gnosticism, there is no question of a new philosophy, but of a renewed philosophy, a renewed Gnosis; in other words, the one ancient, imperishable message, which has been brought into accord with the new Universal Impulse. The new impulse must be preserved as a living, vibrating reality for as long as possible. That is the essential, fundamental task of the gnostics: to preserve and to disseminate the Divine Impulse as a force and to re-vivify it again and again.

When we reflect on this, we are transported in spirit to a wonderful and gigantic battle scene. We see, in our mind's eye, the great and terrible strugle between the Universal Brotherhood and what has been call "the god of this world", or "the Prince of this world". The god of this world is not destroyed during a cosmic revolution, but his field of work is emptied, in a manner of speaking. He is deprived of his prey. When a new Day of Manifestation dawns, all entities who are once more subject to the turning of the Wheel, possess a free choice. Hence mankind at-large becomes the object of a struggle between the Universal Brotherhood and the god of this world.

The god of this world is a hierarchy of many mighty entities. In gnostic philosophy they are termed aeons. These aeons are parasites, maintaining themselves as long as there are people whom they can parasitize. They exploit the massess and use them like a great herd of cattle; they live on the etheric, astral and spinal forces of the masses. As soon as the masses are won for the New Life, the kingdom and the power of the aeons must also come to an end. All holy language gives detailed, albeit veiled, information on this.

From "Gnostics and Rosicrucians" - The Great Revolution - Jan van Rijckenborgh

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To be continued...
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